Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Uruguay
5.9% of people in Uruguay lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024.
Uruguay, 2024
5.9%
Change from 2023
−0.7percentage points
World, 2024
46.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Uruguay over time
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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 | Uruguay | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.9% | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 6.6% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 6.3% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 6.7% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 5.0% | – |
| 2018 | 4.9% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 4.5% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 5.6% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 5.9% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 6.2% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 7.2% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 7.8% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 8.4% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 11.9% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 13.4% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 14.6% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 19.4% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 22.1% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 22.5% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 25.0% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 24.3% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 18.3% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 14.0% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7 percentage points from 6.6% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6.2%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.