Uruguay Poverty Rate 1981-2024
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Uruguay poverty rate for 2022 was 6.40%, a 0.3% decline from 2021.
- Uruguay poverty rate for 2021 was 6.70%, a 0.5% decline from 2020.
- Uruguay poverty rate for 2020 was 7.20%, a 2.1% increase from 2019.
- Uruguay poverty rate for 2019 was 5.10%, a 0.2% increase from 2018.
| Uruguay Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2022 |
6.40% |
-0.30% |
| 2021 |
6.70% |
-0.50% |
| 2020 |
7.20% |
2.10% |
| 2019 |
5.10% |
0.20% |
| 2018 |
4.90% |
0.30% |
| 2017 |
4.60% |
-1.00% |
| 2016 |
5.60% |
-0.40% |
| 2015 |
6.00% |
-0.30% |
| 2014 |
6.30% |
-1.10% |
| 2013 |
7.40% |
-0.40% |
| 2012 |
7.80% |
-0.70% |
| 2011 |
8.50% |
-3.50% |
| 2010 |
12.00% |
-1.60% |
| 2009 |
13.60% |
-1.10% |
| 2008 |
14.70% |
-4.90% |
| 2007 |
19.60% |
-2.70% |
| 2006 |
22.30% |
-0.40% |
| 2005 |
22.70% |
-2.40% |
| 2004 |
25.10% |
0.60% |
| 2003 |
24.50% |
6.00% |
| 2002 |
18.50% |
4.40% |
| 2001 |
14.10% |
1.60% |
| 2000 |
12.50% |
0.70% |
| 1998 |
11.80% |
-0.10% |
| 1997 |
11.90% |
0.30% |
| 1996 |
11.60% |
0.60% |
| 1995 |
11.00% |
-0.10% |
| 1992 |
11.10% |
-2.50% |
| 1989 |
13.60% |
-3.70% |
| 1981 |
17.30% |
-3.70% |
