Uganda: Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

Key figures

Since 1992 it is down 40.3 percentage points from 56.4% in 1992. The World Bank has no value for 22 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

Closest to Uganda in the 2023 ranking

• Panama — 2nd of 5: 21.7%
• Montenegro — 3rd of 5: 20%
• Serbia — 4th of 5: 19.7%

What this measures

National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty line(s). National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys. For economies for which the data are from EU-SILC, the reported year is the income reference year, which is the year before the survey year.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a population-weighted average.

All 10 values

More poverty data for Uganda

• Income share held by second 20% — 11% (2023)
• Income share held by third 20% — 15.2% (2023)
• Income share held by fourth 20% — 21.9% (2023)
• Income share held by highest 20% — 45.3% (2023)
• Income share held by highest 10% — 29.3% (2023)
• Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%) — 13.2% (2023)
• Income share held by lowest 10% — 2.6% (2023)
• Income share held by lowest 20% — 6.6% (2023)
• Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population) — 54.4% (2023)
• Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) (%)

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Questions people ask

What is Uganda's poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)?

16.1% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1992?

It is down 40.3 percentage points from 56.4% in 1992. The highest value was 56.4% in 1992 and the lowest 16.1% in 2023.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e..

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SI.POV.NAHC, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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