Uganda: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2019 is 42.1 percent, a decline from 42.9 percent in 2016. In comparison, the world average is 4.34 percent, based on data from 76 countries. Historically, the average for Uganda from 1989 to 2019 is 54.73 percent. The minimum value, 37.5 percent, was reached in 2012 while the maximum of 67.9 percent was recorded in 1999. See the global rankings or world map for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $2.15 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $2.15 a day at 2017 purchasing power adjusted 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.