Uruguay - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Uruguay was 0.200 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.500 in 2006 and a minimum value of 0.100 in 2011.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
2006 0.500
2007 0.300
2008 0.200
2009 0.200
2010 0.200
2011 0.100
2012 0.200
2013 0.200
2014 0.100
2015 0.100
2016 0.100
2017 0.100
2018 0.100
2019 0.100
2020 0.200

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Uruguay was 0.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3.70 in 2006 and a minimum value of 0.40 in 2017.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
2006 3.70
2007 3.00
2008 1.80
2009 1.80
2010 1.30
2011 1.00
2012 1.10
2013 0.90
2014 0.70
2015 0.70
2016 0.60
2017 0.40
2018 0.40
2019 0.50
2020 0.70

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2020 11.60

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Uruguay was 4.60 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 14 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 17.00 in 2006 and a minimum value of 2.90 in 2017.

Definition: 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.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
2006 17.00
2007 14.70
2008 10.50
2009 9.80
2010 8.60
2011 5.90
2012 5.50
2013 5.00
2014 4.20
2015 4.00
2016 3.70
2017 2.90
2018 3.00
2019 3.20
2020 4.60

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates