Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Uruguay

Extreme poverty rate in Uruguay in 2024 — 0.2%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 25. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 0.2 pp.

2024 0.2% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 2of 25
Period maximum 1.7%2004
Period minimum 0%1981

Trend over time

1981–2024 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Uruguay, 1981–202400.511.5219811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 0%1989: 1%1992: 0.9%1995: 0.8%1996: 0.9%1997: 0.7%1998: 0.9%2000: 0.8%2001: 0.7%2002: 1.1%2003: 1.5%2004: 1.7%2005: 1.5%2006: 1%2007: 0.7%2008: 0.4%2009: 0.4%2010: 0.3%2011: 0.2%2012: 0.3%2013: 0.3%2014: 0.2%2015: 0.2%2016: 0.1%2017: 0.1%2018: 0.1%2019: 0.1%2020: 0.3%2021: 0.2%2022: 0.2%2023: 0.2%2024: 0.2%
Change over the period: +0.2 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Uruguay

Uruguay 0.2%
World 10.4%
South America computed 3.7%
Extreme poverty rate — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.2 +0 pp
2023 0.2 +0 pp
2022 0.2 +0 pp
2021 0.2 −0.1 pp
2020 0.3 +0.2 pp
2019 0.1 +0 pp
2018 0.1 +0 pp
2017 0.1 +0 pp
2016 0.1 −0.1 pp
2015 0.2 +0 pp
2014 0.2 −0.1 pp
2013 0.3 +0 pp
2012 0.3 +0.1 pp
2011 0.2 −0.1 pp
2010 0.3 −0.1 pp
2009 0.4 +0 pp
2008 0.4 −0.3 pp
2007 0.7 −0.3 pp
2006 1 −0.5 pp
2005 1.5 −0.2 pp
2004 1.7 +0.2 pp
2003 1.5 +0.4 pp
2002 1.1 +0.4 pp
2001 0.7 −0.1 pp
2000 0.8
1998 0.9 +0.2 pp
1997 0.7 −0.2 pp
1996 0.9 +0.1 pp
1995 0.8
1992 0.9
1989 1
1981 0

South America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.