Uganda - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Uganda was 41.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 67.50 in 1999 and a minimum value of 35.70 in 2012.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1989 58.30
1992 64.40
1996 63.40
1999 67.50
2002 65.60
2005 57.00
2009 45.30
2012 35.70
2016 41.30
2019 41.00

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Uganda was 70.50 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87.40 in 1999 and a minimum value of 67.30 in 2012.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1989 81.00
1992 87.20
1996 86.20
1999 87.40
2002 85.20
2005 80.20
2009 73.50
2012 67.30
2016 69.60
2019 70.50

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

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in Uganda was 20.30 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 27 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 56.40 in 1992 and a minimum value of 19.70 in 2012.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
1992 56.40
1996 44.40
1999 33.80
2002 38.80
2005 31.10
2009 24.50
2012 19.70
2016 21.40
2019 20.30

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Uganda was 89.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 95.80 in 1992 and a minimum value of 87.00 in 2012.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1989 93.40
1992 95.80
1996 95.40
1999 95.40
2002 94.40
2005 92.60
2009 89.30
2012 87.00
2016 87.60
2019 89.00

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates