Gini index — all countries

Gini index — Uruguay

Gini index in Uruguay in 2024 — 40 index. Ranked 12 in the world out of 25. Since 1981, the indicator has fallen by 8.3%.

2024 40 index −2.2% vs 2023
World rank 12of 25
Period maximum 46.4 index2007
Period minimum 39.5 index2017

Trend over time

1981–2024 · index, 0–100

Gini index — Uruguay, 1981–202438404244464819811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 43.6 index1989: 42.4 index1992: 41.5 index1995: 40.9 index1996: 40.8 index1997: 41.5 index1998: 42.5 index2000: 43.4 index2001: 45 index2002: 45.5 index2003: 45 index2004: 45.9 index2005: 44.7 index2006: 45.9 index2007: 46.4 index2008: 45.1 index2009: 45.5 index2010: 44.5 index2011: 42.2 index2012: 39.9 index2013: 40.5 index2014: 40.1 index2015: 40.1 index2016: 39.7 index2017: 39.5 index2018: 39.7 index2019: 39.7 index2020: 40.2 index2021: 40.8 index2022: 40.6 index2023: 40.9 index2024: 40 index
Change over the period: −3.6 (−8.26%) Average annual rate: -0.2 %
Gini index — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2024 40 −0.9 −2.2%
2023 40.9 +0.3 +0.74%
2022 40.6 −0.2 −0.49%
2021 40.8 +0.6 +1.49%
2020 40.2 +0.5 +1.26%
2019 39.7 +0 +0%
2018 39.7 +0.2 +0.51%
2017 39.5 −0.2 −0.5%
2016 39.7 −0.4 −1%
2015 40.1 +0 +0%
2014 40.1 −0.4 −0.99%
2013 40.5 +0.6 +1.5%
2012 39.9 −2.3 −5.45%
2011 42.2 −2.3 −5.17%
2010 44.5 −1 −2.2%
2009 45.5 +0.4 +0.89%
2008 45.1 −1.3 −2.8%
2007 46.4 +0.5 +1.09%
2006 45.9 +1.2 +2.68%
2005 44.7 −1.2 −2.61%
2004 45.9 +0.9 +2%
2003 45 −0.5 −1.1%
2002 45.5 +0.5 +1.11%
2001 45 +1.6 +3.69%
2000 43.4
1998 42.5 +1 +2.41%
1997 41.5 +0.7 +1.72%
1996 40.8 −0.1 −0.24%
1995 40.9
1992 41.5
1989 42.4
1981 43.6

South America, 2024

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

About the indicator

The Gini index measures how far the distribution of income (or consumption) in a country departs from a perfectly even one. A value of 0 would mean everyone receives the same, 100 that all income goes to one person. Values below 30 are typical of Northern and Central Europe, values above 50 of a number of countries in Latin America and Southern Africa.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups, and this is not a gap: the inequality of a group does not follow from country-level Gini values — it requires the income distribution of all its residents at once. The data rest on household surveys, are not available for every year, and the base may be either income or consumption.

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