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 36.4%
World rank
25th
of 25 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2012
All-time low
0.2%
in 2017
Years of data
9
2012–2022

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

00.20.40.62012201720222012: 0.522015: 0.322016: 0.2552017: 0.2482018: 0.292019: 0.3692020: 0.3422021: 0.4412022: 0.281

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

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

Compared with earlier readings it is down 36.4% on the previous year and down 46.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st in Uruguay peaked at 0.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2017.

That places Uruguay 25th out of 25 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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) -urban in Uruguay, 2012 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2012 0.5%
2015 0.3% -38.5%
2016 0.3% -20.4%
2017 0.2% -2.5%
2018 0.3% +17.0%
2019 0.4% +27.1%
2020 0.3% -7.2%
2021 0.4% +28.8%
2022 0.3% -36.4%

Averages by decade

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

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 22 El Salvador 0.6% compare
  2. 23 Türkiye 0.5% compare
  3. 24 Colombia 0.4% 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 0.5% in 2012.
What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2017.
How does Uruguay rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers - 1st?
Uruguay ranks 25th out of 25 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 46.1%. 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) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 211 data points, 2004–2022
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Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount