Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Uruguay
Uruguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 9.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Uruguay, 2006–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Uruguay stood at 9.1%.
That represents a change of down 12.6% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Uruguay peaked at 29.8% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 7.7%, in 2017.
Uruguay ranks 78th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 24.2% | 19.4% | 29.8% | 4 |
| 2010s | 10.7% | 7.7% | 18.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.4% | 9.1% | 11.5% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Uruguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Uruguay was 9.1% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 29.8% in 2006.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.7% in 2017.
- How does Uruguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Uruguay ranks 78th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.