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

Uruguay: Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st was 0.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.3%
Change on year
down 53.0%
World rank
25th
of 26 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2021
All-time low
0.2%
in 2019
Years of data
9
2012–2022

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

00.20.40.62012201720222012: 0.455 poorest2015: 0.501 poorest2016: 0.337 poorest2017: 0.258 poorest2018: 0.32 poorest2019: 0.201 poorest2020: 0.276 poorest2021: 0.564 poorest2022: 0.265 poorest

Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.3% for poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 53.0% on the previous year and down 41.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Uruguay peaked at 0.6% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2019.

Uruguay ranks 25th of 26 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay, 2012 to 2022.
Year poorest Change
2012 0.5%
2015 0.5% +10.0%
2016 0.3% -32.7%
2017 0.3% -23.4%
2018 0.3% +23.9%
2019 0.2% -37.3%
2020 0.3% +37.6%
2021 0.6% +104.5%
2022 0.3% -53.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.3% 0.2% 0.5% 6
2020s 0.4% 0.3% 0.6% 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 22 El Salvador 0.7% compare
  2. 23 Türkiye 0.5% compare
  3. 24 Colombia 0.3% compare
  4. 26 Mexico 0.0% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Uruguay?
Poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Uruguay was 0.3% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2021.
What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2019.
How does Uruguay rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st?
Uruguay ranks 25th out of 26 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 41.8%. 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 Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile (poorest)
Unit
poorest
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
26 places, 222 data points, 2004–2022
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Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount