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 84 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2022 was 40,058 millions of euros (42,216 millions of dollars), ( 59.31% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €11,691 euros per inhabitant$12,321 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Uruguay was on February of 2024 and it was 4.7%.

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 [+]2022€67,538M
Annual GDP [+]2022$71,177M
GDP per capita [+]2022€19,712
GDP per capita [+]2022$20,774
Debt (M.€.) [+]202240,058
Debt ($M) [+]202242,216
Debt (%GDP) [+]202259.31%
Debt Per Capita [+]2022€11,691
Debt Per Capita [+]2022$12,321
Deficit (M.€) [+]2022-1,702
Deficit ($M) [+]2022-1,794
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2022-2.52%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202220,098.7
Expenditure ($M) [+]202221,181.5
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20192,606.9
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20192,918.7
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202115.39%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20173,794.2
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20174,284.7
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]201719.78%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20221,283.1
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20221,352.2
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20226.74%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202229.76%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022€5,866
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2022$6,182
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019€760
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2019$851
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017€998
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2017$1,127
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022€374
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2022$395
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 [+]2023Q28.5%
Unemployed [+]2023Q2158K
NMW [+]2019$463.1
NMW [+]2019€404.9
Human Capital Ranking [+]201763º
Markets
Euro / Uruguayan pesos [+]03/15/202441.8726
US Dollar exchange rate [+]03/15/202438.4540
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]February 20244.7%
PPI Year on Year [+]February 2024-2.6%
Money Market
Key rates [+]12/30/20239.00%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020101º
IPI Year on Year [+]January 20241.2%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201930,063
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201911.84
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 [+]2021€8,038.7M
Exports [+]2021$9,507.4M
Exports % GDP [+]202115.49%
Imports [+]2021€8,726.2M
Imports [+]2021$10,320.4M
Imports % GDP [+]202116.82%
Trade balance [+]2021€-687.4M
Trade balance [+]2021$-813.0M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2021-1.32%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201527º
Density [+]202119
Global Peace Ranking [+]202350º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017100.1
% Immigrant [+]20203.16%
% Emigrant [+]202010.70%
Birth Rate [+]202110.47‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017211.6
Crude death rate [+]202112.16‰
Fertility Rate [+]20211.49
Crude marriage rate [+]20172.78‰
% risk of poverty [+]20229.9%
Population [+]20213,426,260
Immigrant stock [+]2020108,267
Emigrant stock [+]2020367,060
HDI [+]20210.809
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202367º
Life expectancy [+]202175.44
Suicides [+]2015583
Suicide rate [+]201516.80
Number of homicides [+]2022383
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202211.19
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20211.94
Consumption GWh [+]202113,614
Generation GWh [+]202115,824
Others
COVID-19 - Deaths [+]03/05/20247,625
COVID-19 - Confirmed [+]03/05/20241,037,893
Fully vaccinated [+]11/13/20232,903,089
COVID-19 - Deaths per million population [+]03/05/20242,225.46
Doses administered [+]11/13/20239,036,273