Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st in Uruguay

Uruguay: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st was 0.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.4%
Change on year
up 130.2%
World rank
24th
of 24 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2012
All-time low
0.2%
in 2019
Years of data
8
2012–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st in Uruguay, 2012–2022

0.20.30.40.52012201720222012: 0.5452015: 0.2242016: 0.2852017: 0.1892018: 0.2672019: 0.182020: 0.1872022: 0.432

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.4% for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in 2022.

The figure is up 130.2% on the previous year and down 20.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Uruguay peaked at 0.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2019.

Uruguay ranks 24th of 24 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Uruguay, 2012 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2012 0.5%
2015 0.2% -59.0%
2016 0.3% +27.3%
2017 0.2% -33.5%
2018 0.3% +41.3%
2019 0.2% -32.6%
2020 0.2% +3.9%
2022 0.4% +130.2%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 0.4% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4.7%, 9% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 0.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 13.7%, 3% of the median. (5 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.3% 0.2% 0.5% 6
2020s 0.3% 0.2% 0.4% 2

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 21 Indonesia 3.9% compare
  2. 22 Colombia 0.9% compare
  3. 23 El Salvador 0.6% compare

See the full ranking of 24 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Uruguay?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Uruguay was 0.4% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2012.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2019.
How does Uruguay rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st?
Uruguay ranks 24th out of 24 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 202 data points, 2004–2022
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