Uganda Poverty Rate 1989-2025

Uganda poverty rate for 2019 was 91.10%, a 1.1% increase from 2016.
  • Uganda poverty rate for 2016 was 90.00%, a 0.5% increase from 2012.
  • Uganda poverty rate for 2012 was 89.50%, a 1.6% decline from 2009.
  • Uganda poverty rate for 2009 was 91.10%, a 3.1% decline from 2005.
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.

Percent Under US 5.50 Per Day

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Annual Change

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