Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor in Uruguay

Uruguay: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor was 0.0% in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
0.0%
World rank
26th
of 26 countries
All-time high
2.0%
in 2012
All-time low
0.0%
in 2015
Years of data
9
2012–2022

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

00.511.522012201720222012: 2 <$2.15 a day2015: 0 <$2.15 a day2016: 0 <$2.15 a day2017: 0 <$2.15 a day2018: 0 <$2.15 a day2019: 0 <$2.15 a day2020: 0 <$2.15 a day2021: 0 <$2.15 a day2022: 0 <$2.15 a day

Source: ASPIRE. Measured in <$2.15 a day.

Analysis

In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor in Uruguay stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor in Uruguay peaked at 2.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2015.

Uruguay ranks 26th of 26 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) in Uruguay, 2012 to 2022.
Year <$2.15 a day Change
2012 2.0%
2015 0.0% -100.0%
2016 0.0%
2017 0.0%
2018 0.0%
2019 0.0%
2020 0.0%
2021 0.0%
2022 0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.3% 0.0% 2.0% 6
2020s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 23 El Salvador 1.8% compare
  2. 24 Colombia 1.1% compare
  3. 25 Mexico 0.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor in Uruguay?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor in Uruguay was 0.0% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 2012.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2015.
How does Uruguay rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor?
Uruguay ranks 26th out of 26 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -extreme poor rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day)
Unit
<$2.15 a day
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 222 data points, 2004–2022
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