Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Uganda
Uganda: Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line was 93.6 in 2019. ▼ Falling
Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Uganda, 1989–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 93.6 for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Uganda peaked at 97.64 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 92.4, in 2012.
That places Uganda 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.24 | 96.24 | 96.24 | 1 |
| 1990s | 97.46 | 97.16 | 97.64 | 3 |
| 2000s | 95.12 | 93.18 | 96.37 | 3 |
| 2010s | 92.95 | 92.4 | 93.6 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More poverty & inequality data for Uganda
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 4.28 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 1,920 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.46 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 12.46 (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 6.1 % change on previous year (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.524 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Uganda?
- Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line in Uganda was 93.6 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 97.64 in 1992.
- What is the lowest share living with less than upper middle income poverty line recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.4 in 2012.
- How does Uganda rank for share living with less than upper middle income poverty line?
- Uganda ranks 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2019.
- Is share living with less than upper middle income poverty line rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share living with less than upper middle income poverty line. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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