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

Uruguay: Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st was 0.0% in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
0.0%
World rank
24th
of 24 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 2018
All-time low
0.0%
in 2012
Years of data
8
2012–2022

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

00.20.40.62012201720222012: 02015: 02016: 02017: 0.432018: 0.5392019: 02020: 02022: 0

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.0% for poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.

The figure is down 100.0% over five years.

Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st in Uruguay peaked at 0.5% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2012.

That places Uruguay 24th out of 24 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) -rural in Uruguay, 2012 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2012 0.0%
2015 0.0%
2016 0.0%
2017 0.4%
2018 0.5% +25.4%
2019 0.0% -100.0%
2020 0.0%
2022 0.0%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 0.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.6%. (6 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 0.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 8.3%. (5 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.2% 0.0% 0.5% 6
2020s 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 21 Turkey 1.4%
  2. 22 Colombia 0.5% compare
  3. 23 El Salvador 0.1% 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 0.0% 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 2018.
What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2012.
How does Uruguay rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - unconditional cash transfers -1st?
Uruguay ranks 24th out of 24 countries with data for 2022.
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) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Poverty Headcount 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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Poverty headcount reduction due to Cash Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount