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

Uruguay, with a population of 3,499,000 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 81 position by nominal GDP. Its national debt in 2024 was 51,402 millions of euros (55,619 millions of dollars), ( 68.7% debt-to-GDP ratio) and its public debt per capita is €14,690 euros per inhabitant$15,896 dollars per inhabitant.

The last annual rate of CPI published in Uruguay was on January of 2025 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 0.83 points in 2022, leaving it in 52th place in the table of 193 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 [+]2024€74,822M
Annual GDP [+]2024$80,961M
GDP per capita [+]2024€21,384
GDP per capita [+]2024$23,138
Debt (M.€.) [+]202451,402
Debt ($M) [+]202455,619
Debt (%GDP) [+]202468.70%
Debt Per Capita [+]2024€14,690
Debt Per Capita [+]2024$15,896
Deficit (M.€) [+]2024-2,395
Deficit ($M) [+]2024-2,592
Deficit (%GDP) [+]2024-3.20%
Expenditure (M.€) [+]202423,299.4
Expenditure ($M) [+]202425,211.2
Education Expenditure (M.€) [+]20222,927.5
Education Expenditure ($M) [+]20223,162.6
Education Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]202315.43%
Gov. Health Exp. (M.€) [+]20224,211.5
Gov. Health Exp.($M) [+]20224,435.1
Gov. Health Exp. (%Bud.) [+]202220.94%
Defence Expenditure (M.€) [+]20231,442.4
Defence Expenditure ($M) [+]20231,560.0
Defence Expenditure (%Bud.) [+]20236.72%
Expenditure (%GDP) [+]202431.14%
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024€6,659
Expenditure Per Capita [+]2024$7,205
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022€838
Education Expenditure P.C [+]2022$883
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022€1,242
Gov. Health Exp. P.C. [+]2022$1,308
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023€412
Defence Expenditure P.C. [+]2023$446
Moody's Rating [+]03/15/2024Baa1
S&P Rating [+]04/26/2023BBB+
Fitch Rating [+]02/20/2020BBB-
Corruption Index [+]202373
Competitiveness Ranking [+]201954º
Fragile States Index [+]202433.7
RTI Raking [+]202460º
Innovation Ranking [+]202462º
Labour
Unemployment Rate [+]March 20238.6%
Unemployment rate [+]2024Q28.6%
Unemployed [+]2024Q2161K
NMW [+]2024$583.0
NMW [+]2024€527.5
Human Capital Ranking [+]201763º
Markets
Euro / Uruguayan pesos [+]05/22/202546.9161
US Dollar exchange rate [+]05/22/202541.5960
Prices
CPI (overall index) [+]January 20255.0%
PPI Year on Year [+]October 20247.9%
Money Market
Key rates [+]04/09/20259.25%
Business
Doing Business [+]2020101º
IPI Year on Year [+]January 20241.2%
Passengers vehicles Year [+]December 201930,063
Annual Vehicles/ 1,000 p. [+]December 201911.70
Vehicles / 1,000 people [+]2015278.91
Taxes
Tax Revenue (%GDP) [+]202226.6%
Standard VAT [+]01/01/200822.00%
Top tax rate + SSC [+]202036.0%
Trade
Annual arrivals [+]20193,059,000
Exports [+]2023€8,513.1M
Exports [+]2023$9,205.2M
Exports % GDP [+]202311.81%
Imports [+]2023€11,547.4M
Imports [+]2023$12,486.2M
Imports % GDP [+]202316.01%
Trade balance [+]2023€-3,034.3M
Trade balance [+]2023$-3,293.3M
Trade balance % GDP [+]2023-4.21%
Socio-Demography
Global AgeWatch Ranking [+]201527º
Density [+]202320
Global Peace Ranking [+]202452º
Remittance received ($M) [+]2017100.1
% Immigrant [+]20203.11%
% Emigrant [+]202010.55%
Birth Rate [+]20239.87‰
Remittance sent ($M) [+]2017211.6
Crude death rate [+]20239.78‰
Fertility Rate [+]20231.41
Crude marriage rate [+]20172.75‰
% risk of poverty [+]20229.9%
Population [+]20233,499,000
Immigrant stock [+]2020108,267
Emigrant stock [+]2020367,060
HDI [+]20220.830
Gender Gap Ranking [+]202471º
Life expectancy [+]202378.14
Suicides [+]2015583
Suicide rate [+]201516.93
Number of homicides [+]2022383
Rate Homicides per 100.000 [+]202211.29
Energy and Environment
CO2 Tons per capita [+]20232.50
Consumption GWh [+]20239,826
Generation GWh [+]202312,878
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 [+]08/04/20242,195.48
Doses administered [+]11/13/20239,036,273