Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Uganda
93.6% of people in Uganda lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2023.
Uganda, 2023
93.6%
Change from 2019
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World, 2023
47.1%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Uganda over time
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The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Uganda | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 93.6% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | – | 48.3% |
| 2021 | – | 48.7% |
| 2020 | – | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 93.6% | – |
| 2018 | – | 50.4% |
| 2017 | – | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 92.9% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | – | 53.5% |
| 2014 | – | 54.7% |
| 2013 | – | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 92.4% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | – | 58.8% |
| 2010 | – | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 93.2% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | – | 62.5% |
| 2007 | – | 63.6% |
| 2006 | – | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 95.8% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | – | 67.4% |
| 2003 | – | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 96.4% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | – | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is unchanged from the previous available figure, 93.6% in 2019.
- Since 1989, when it was 96.2%, the figure has changed by −2.6 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 47.1%.