Poverty & Inequality in Uganda 96 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Uganda. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys 2025 unchanged 76th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 27.0% 123rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 47.8% 81st Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 4.28 live births per woman 2023 down 23.0% 19th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 1,920 kg per hectare 2024 down 7.7% 124th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 44.2% 103rd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -1.96 % change on previous year 2024 down 147.1% 129th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 12.46 2023 up 44.4% 141st Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 12.5% 2023 up 44.4% 141st Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 14.4% 109th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 6.1 % change on previous year 2023 down 8.3% 52nd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 % change on previous year 2025 up 100.0% 1st Gender Inequality Index 0.524 2023 down 3.9% 29th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 10.7% 2023 up 139.4% 164th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1641 2023 down 21.1% 35th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1641 2023 down 21.1% 35th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1815 2023 down 18.6% 35th 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 Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 76.3% 2019 down 3.0% 7th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 93.6% 2019 up 0.4% 7th Prosperity gap 13.1 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2019 down 6.4% 6th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.4361 2023 up 3.6% 28th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 36.3% 2019 down 6.7% 6th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 59.8% 2019 down 5.8% 7th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 61.6% 2019 down 2.5% 7th Population living in slums 52.7% 2022 down 18.7% 27th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.4 2023 up 12.7% 129th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.4 2023 up 12.7% 129th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.4 2023 up 12.7% 129th Proportion of population below international poverty line 59.8% 2019 down 5.8% 7th Three metrics of inequality 62.91 2019 down 1.6% 17th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6291 2019 down 1.6% 17th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 14.55 2023 down 35.3% 170th Income share held by second 20% 10.0% 2019 up 2.0% 102nd Income share held by third 20% 14.1% 2019 up 4.4% 110th Income share held by fourth 20% 20.3% 2019 up 4.1% 115th Income share held by highest 20% 49.5% 2019 down 3.3% 16th Income share held by highest 10% 34.5% 2019 down 5.2% 11th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.4% 2019 up 4.3% 81st Income share held by lowest 20% 6.1% 2019 up 3.4% 89th Gini index 42.7 2019 down 3.4% 18th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 13.4% 2019 up 5.5% 42nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 11.20 billion international-$ in 2021 prices 2019 up 25.4% 6th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 23.3% 2019 down 9.1% 6th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.5936 2024 down 33.9% 48th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.618 2019 down 2.3% 11th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.618 2019 down 2.3% 11th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.6% 2024 down 34.4% 46th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 1,992 2017 up 37.3% 139th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 53.0% 2019 down 3.1% 14th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 21.4% 2019 up 15.8% 13th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 0.1% 2024 down 98.3% 125th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 59.8% 2019 down 5.9% 7th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.427 2019 down 3.4% 18th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 26.26 million people 2019 up 29.9% 7th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 59.8% 2019 down 5.9% 7th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 59.8% 2019 down 5.9% 7th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 59.8% 2019 down 5.9% 7th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 1.73 million people 2019 up 14.6% 91st Page 1 of 2 Next →