Uruguay Uruguay

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

Uruguay, with a population of 3,426,260 people, it is one of the least populous country in the world and it has a low population density, 19 people per km2.

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

Uruguay is holding the 87 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2021 was 32,603 millions of euros (38,587 millions of dollars), ( 65.08% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €9,516 euros per inhabitant$11,262 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Uruguay was on October of 2022 and it was 9.1%.

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

Montevideo: Monthly Temp.
Montevideo: Monthly Rainfall
Uruguay Economy
Gouvernement
Annual GDP [+]2021€50,155M
Annual GDP [+]2021$59,320M
GDP per capita [+]2021€14,638
GDP per capita [+]2021$17,313
Debt (M.€.) [+]202132,603
Debt ($M) [+]202138,587
Debt (%GDP) [+]202165.08%
Debt Per Capita [+]2021€9,516
Debt Per Capita [+]2021$11,262
Deficit (M.€) [+]2021-1,352
Deficit ($M) [+]2021-1,600
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2021-2.70%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202115,489.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]202118,332.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20192,552.4
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20192,857.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202115.39%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20173,754.4
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20174,239.7
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201719.78%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20211,131.6
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20211,338.4
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20216.65%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202130.92%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021€4,521
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2021$5,351
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019€744
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019$834
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€998
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$1,127
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021€330
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2021$391
Moody's Rating [+]08/10/2021Baa2
S&P Rating [+]06/05/2015BBB
Fitch Rating [+]02/20/2020BBB-
Corruption Index [+]202274
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201954º
Fragile States Index [+]201835.4
RTI Raking [+]01/01/201955º
Innovation Ranking [+]201862º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]December 20227.9%
Unemployment rate [+]2022Q28.0%
Unemployed [+]2022Q2144K
NMW [+]2019$463.1
NMW [+]2019€404.9
Human Capital Ranking [+]201763º
Markets
Euro / Uruguayan pesos [+]03/30/202342.3457
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/30/202338.8350
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]October 20229.1%
PPI Year on Year [+]February 2023-5.4%
Money Market
Key rates [+]01/02/202311.50%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020101º
IPI Year on Year [+]January 2021-0.3%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201930,063
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201911.84
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015276.90
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202026.6%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200822.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202036.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20193,056,078
Exports [+]2021€8,038.7M
Exports [+]2021$9,507.4M
Exports % GDP [+]202116.03%
Imports [+]2021€8,726.2M
Imports [+]2021$10,320.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202117.40%
Trade balance [+]2021€-687.4M
Trade balance [+]2021$-813.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-1.37%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201527º
Density [+]202119
Global Peace Ranking [+]202246º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017100.1
% Immigrant [+]20192.38%
% Emigrant [+]201918.48%
Birth Rate [+]202010.34‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017211.6
Crude death rate [+]20209.43‰
Fertility Rate [+]20201.48
Crude marriage rate [+]20172.78‰
% risk of poverty [+]202011.6%
Population [+]20213,426,260
Immigrant stock [+]201981,482
Emigrant stock [+]2019633,439
HDI [+]20210.809
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202272º
Life expectancy [+]202078.43
Suicides [+]2015583
Suicide rate [+]201516.80
Number of homicides [+]2020337
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]20209.70
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20211.94
Consumption GWh [+]202113,614
Generation GWh [+]202115,824
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/29/20237,621
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/29/20231,036,159
Fully vaccinated [+]03/30/20232,901,989
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/29/20232,224.29
Doses administered [+]03/30/20239,010,865