Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Uruguay
Uruguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 5.9% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Uruguay is 5.9%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 11.2% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Uruguay peaked at 22.1% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 4.5%, in 2017.
Uruguay ranks 77th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 22.1% | — |
| 2007 | 19.4% | -12.3% |
| 2008 | 14.6% | -24.8% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | -11.4% |
| 2011 | 8.4% | -29.2% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 7.2% | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 5.9% | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 5.6% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | -18.9% |
| 2018 | 4.9% | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 5.0% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | +43.1% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 6.6% | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 5.9% | -11.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 5.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.5%, 3.9× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 5.9% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 22.1%, 26% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +43.1% | 5.0% | 7.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.4% | 13.4% | 22.1% | 4 |
| 2010s | 6.7% | 4.5% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.5% | 5.9% | 7.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More poverty & inequality data for Uruguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.41 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,058 kg per hectare (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 10.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 25.88 (2021)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.9% (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Uruguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Uruguay was 5.9% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 22.1% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.5% in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Uruguay ranks 77th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $8.30 per day.