Uruguay, is a country located at South America, it has an area of 176,220 Km2.

Uruguay, with a population of 3,555,000 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a moderate population density, 20 people per km2.

It's capital is Montevideo and its currency is Uruguayan pesos

Uruguay is holding the 83 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2023 was 46,062 millions of euros (49,819 millions of dollars), ( 64.5% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €12,957 euros per inhabitant$14,014 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Uruguay was on October of 2024 and it was 5%.

In terms of the human development index (HDI) of Uruguay, which is the index used by the United Nations to measure the progress of a country, was 0.809 points in 2021, leaving it in 59th place in the table of 191 countries published.

If the reason to visit Uruguay are business, you must know it's in the 101th of the Doing Business ranking , which provides objective measures of business regulations for local firms.

In the tables at the bottom of the page, you can see more information about the economy and demography of Uruguay, if you want to see information about other countries click here

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Montevideo: Monthly Rainfall
Uruguay Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2023€71,415M
Annual GDP [+]2023$77,241M
GDP per capita [+]2023€20,089
GDP per capita [+]2023$21,727
Debt (M.€.) [+]202346,062
Debt ($M) [+]202349,819
Debt (%GDP) [+]202364.50%
Debt Per Capita [+]2023€12,957
Debt Per Capita [+]2023$14,014
Deficit (M.€) [+]2023-2,197
Deficit ($M) [+]2023-2,376
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2023-3.08%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202321,968.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]202323,760.9
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20222,909.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20223,162.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202315.43%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20213,476.7
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20214,111.8
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202122.42%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20221,264.8
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20221,333.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20226.74%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202330.76%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023€6,180
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2023$6,684
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€818
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$863
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021€1,015
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2021$1,200
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€356
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$375
Moody's Rating [+]03/15/2024Baa1
S&P Rating [+]04/26/2023BBB+
Fitch Rating [+]02/20/2020BBB-
Corruption Index [+]202274
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201954º
Fragile States Index [+]201835.4
RTI Raking [+]202256º
Innovation Ranking [+]201862º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]March 20238.6%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q28.6%
Unemployed [+]2024Q2161K
NMW [+]2023$573.6
NMW [+]2022€383.2
Human Capital Ranking [+]201763º
Markets
Euro / Uruguayan pesos [+]11/13/202445.2928
US Dollar exchange rate [+]11/13/202442.8990
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]October 20245.0%
PPI Year on Year [+]October 20247.9%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/11/20248.50%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020101º
IPI Year on Year [+]January 20241.2%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201930,063
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201911.54
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015276.90
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202126.5%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200822.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202036.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20193,056,078
Exports [+]2023€8,501.7M
Exports [+]2023$9,192.9M
Exports % GDP [+]202311.90%
Imports [+]2023€11,547.4M
Imports [+]2023$12,486.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202316.17%
Trade balance [+]2023€-3,045.7M
Trade balance [+]2023$-3,293.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-4.26%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201527º
Density [+]202220
Global Peace Ranking [+]202350º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017100.1
% Immigrant [+]20203.07%
% Emigrant [+]202010.40%
Birth Rate [+]202210.42‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017211.6
Crude death rate [+]20229.88‰
Fertility Rate [+]20221.48
Crude marriage rate [+]20172.72‰
% risk of poverty [+]20229.9%
Population [+]20223,555,000
Immigrant stock [+]2020108,267
Emigrant stock [+]2020367,060
HDI [+]20210.809
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202367º
Life expectancy [+]202278.00
Suicides [+]2015583
Suicide rate [+]201516.80
Number of homicides [+]2022383
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202211.19
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20222.43
Consumption GWh [+]202211,811
Generation GWh [+]202215,189
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]08/04/20247,682
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]08/04/20241,041,346
Fully vaccinated [+]11/13/20232,903,089
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]08/04/20242,160.90
Doses administered [+]11/13/20239,036,273