Poverty & Inequality in Uganda 20 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Uganda. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 93.6% 2019 up 0.4% 7th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 76.3% 2019 down 3.0% 7th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 59.8% 2019 down 5.8% 7th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 23.3% 2019 down 9.0% 6th Prosperity gap 13.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2019 down 6.4% 6th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 61.6% 2019 down 2.5% 7th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 59.8% 2019 down 5.8% 7th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 36.3% 2019 down 6.7% 6th Population living in slums 52.7% 2022 down 18.7% 27th Income share held by second 20% 10.0% 2019 up 2.0% 100th Gini index 42.7 2019 down 3.4% 18th Income share held by lowest 20% 6.1% 2019 up 3.4% 89th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.4% 2019 up 4.3% 81st Income share held by highest 10% 34.5% 2019 down 5.2% 11th Income share held by highest 20% 49.5% 2019 down 3.3% 16th Income share held by fourth 20% 20.3% 2019 up 4.1% 113th Income share held by third 20% 14.1% 2019 up 4.4% 108th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 13.4% 2019 up 5.5% 40th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 59.8% 2019 down 5.9% 7th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 16.1% 2023 down 18.3% 41st