Uruguay: Poverty at 1.90 USD per day

The latest value from 2024 is 0.2 percent, unchanged from 0.2 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 4.40 percent, based on data from 25 countries. Historically, the average for Uruguay from 1981 to 2024 is 0.56 percent. The minimum value, 0 percent, was reached in 1981 while the maximum of 1.7 percent was recorded in 2004. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 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.