Poverty & Inequality in Uruguay 97 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Uruguay. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 970,886 people 2024 up 0.2% 52nd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 56.2% 2024 down 0.1% 82nd Share of population living in extreme poverty 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 5.9% 2024 down 5.5% 77th Number of people living in extreme poverty 3.38 million people 2024 up 0.9% 100th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 5,661 people 2024 down 20.3% 106th Number of people living in extreme poverty 5,661 people 2024 down 20.3% 106th Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 5.9% 2024 down 5.5% 77th The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 10.9% 2024 down 5.5% 21st Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 17.4% 2024 down 2.2% 19th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 24.0% 2024 down 2.4% 20th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 71.3% 2024 up 0.3% 84th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 0.5% 2024 down 23.2% 93rd Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 98th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 9.1% 2024 down 7.0% 78th Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 5,661 people 2024 down 20.3% 106th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 970,886 people 2024 up 0.2% 52nd Gini coefficient 0.3998 2024 down 0.3% 26th Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 1.8% 2018 down 53.8% 89th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 0.2% 2024 down 21.0% 96th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.2% 2024 down 33.3% 58th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.3838 2024 up 4.3% 10th Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.3838 2024 up 4.3% 10th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 2.78 million people 2022 up 3.5% 69th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 0.1% 2022 down 24.2% 92nd Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 73.3% 2022 down 1.6% 81st Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.1% 2022 down 24.2% 92nd Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 3,919 people 2022 down 23.0% 99th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 0.7% 2022 down 37.3% 82nd Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 4.3% 2022 down 23.0% 78th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 0.2% 2022 down 8.4% 91st Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age 0.1% 2023 unchanged 26th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 0.1% 2017 down 66.7% 58th ← Previous Page 2 of 2