Uruguay Poverty Rate 1992-2021
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Uruguay poverty rate for 2018 was 3.00%, a 0.1% increase from 2017.
- Uruguay poverty rate for 2017 was 2.90%, a 0.8% decline from 2016.
- Uruguay poverty rate for 2016 was 3.70%, a 0.3% decline from 2015.
- Uruguay poverty rate for 2015 was 4.00%, a 0.2% decline from 2014.
| Uruguay Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
3.00% |
0.10% |
| 2017 |
2.90% |
-0.80% |
| 2016 |
3.70% |
-0.30% |
| 2015 |
4.00% |
-0.20% |
| 2014 |
4.20% |
-0.80% |
| 2013 |
5.00% |
-0.50% |
| 2012 |
5.50% |
-0.40% |
| 2011 |
5.90% |
-2.70% |
| 2010 |
8.60% |
-1.20% |
| 2009 |
9.80% |
-0.60% |
| 2008 |
10.40% |
-4.30% |
| 2007 |
14.70% |
-2.20% |
| 2006 |
16.90% |
-0.70% |
| 2005 |
17.60% |
-2.00% |
| 2004 |
19.60% |
1.30% |
| 2003 |
18.30% |
4.40% |
| 2002 |
13.90% |
3.50% |
| 2001 |
10.40% |
1.00% |
| 2000 |
9.40% |
0.10% |
| 1998 |
9.30% |
-0.10% |
| 1997 |
9.40% |
-0.10% |
| 1996 |
9.50% |
0.70% |
| 1995 |
8.80% |
1.60% |
| 1992 |
7.20% |
1.60% |
