Share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Uruguay
Uruguay: Share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid was 44.3 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Uruguay, 2001–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 44.3 for share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in 2022.
That represents a change of down 3.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Uruguay peaked at 51.28 in 2003 and was at its lowest, 42.93, in 2012.
That places Uruguay 55th out of 113 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 49.75 | 48.07 | 51.28 | 7 |
| 2010s | 44.77 | 42.93 | 46.85 | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.08 | 44.3 | 45.9 | 3 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Uruguay
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 9 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.41 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 5,058 (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 revenues vs income inequality 25.88 (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -8.58 % change on previous year (2021)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.218 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Uruguay?
- Share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid in Uruguay was 44.3 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 51.28 in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 42.93 in 2012.
- How does Uruguay rank for share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid?
- Uruguay ranks 55th out of 113 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the top 10 vs gini coefficient before tax wid. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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