Poverty & Inequality in Uruguay 97 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Uruguay. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys 2025 down 10.0% 4th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 10.4% 21st Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 39.2% 46th Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.41 live births per woman 2023 down 30.7% 191st Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 5,058 kg per hectare 2024 up 16.2% 44th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 13.2% 74th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 10.1 % change on previous year 2024 down 35.0% 30th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 25.88 2021 up 0.1% 60th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 25.9% 2021 up 0.1% 60th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2021 down 17.1% 92nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -8.58 % change on previous year 2021 down 627.1% 163rd Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -10 % change on previous year 2025 down 190.0% 65th Gender Inequality Index 0.218 2023 down 33.1% 114th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 18.5% 2023 up 33.6% 106th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1027 2023 up 0.4% 115th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1027 2023 up 0.4% 115th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1186 2023 down 4.1% 129th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2024 unchanged 97th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2024 unchanged 91st Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2024 down 28.6% 96th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 5.9% 2024 down 4.8% 81st Prosperity gap 1.4 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 unchanged 86th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2514 2023 up 1.2% 87th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2024 down 50.0% 100th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 20.5% 2024 down 2.8% 62nd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.4% 2024 down 6.7% 86th Population living in slums 1.3% 2022 down 85.2% 127th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.747 2023 up 7.3% 53rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.747 2023 up 7.3% 53rd Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.747 2023 up 7.3% 53rd Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.2% 2024 unchanged 102nd Three metrics of inequality 55.83 2022 up 2.9% 53rd Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.5583 2022 up 2.9% 53rd Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 354.97 2023 up 32.3% 49th Income share held by second 20% 10.5% 2024 up 1.0% 96th Income share held by third 20% 15.3% 2024 down 0.6% 87th Income share held by fourth 20% 22.4% 2024 down 0.4% 47th Income share held by highest 20% 46.1% 2024 unchanged 34th Income share held by highest 10% 30.0% 2024 up 0.7% 36th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.2% 2024 up 4.8% 90th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.7% 2024 up 1.8% 96th Gini index 40 2024 down 0.2% 27th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 17.4% 2024 down 2.2% 22nd Total shortfall from extreme poverty 1.95 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 down 1.0% 104th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.1% 2024 down 1.9% 98th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0034 2017 down 61.8% 142nd Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.4979 2022 up 5.7% 62nd Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.4979 2022 up 5.7% 62nd Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2017 down 100.0% 129th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 19,918 2017 up 56.1% 51st Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 44.3% 2022 up 3.2% 55th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 15.7% 2022 up 0.7% 48th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 32.1% 2006 down 47.2% 37th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.3998 2024 down 0.3% 26th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 5,661 people 2024 down 20.3% 106th Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 3.08 million people 2024 up 1.7% 79th Page 1 of 2 Next →