Data as of Aug 3, 2026, 12:10 AM

SERIAL · 858South America

Uruguay

CapitalMontevideo

CurrencyUYU · Uruguayan peso

Area176,220 km²

Since1825

ISOURY · UY

Population

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— THE COUNTRY —

Country in South America

Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately 176,215 square kilometers (68,037 sq mi). It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo.

Text: Wikipedia — UruguayCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-08-01

— FACTS —

Motto: Liberty or Death
Capital: Montevideo
Currency: Uruguayan peso (UYU)
Drives on the: Right
Calling code: +598
Licence plate code: UY
Top-level domain: .uy
Independence / founding: 25 Aug 1825
Highest point: Cerro Catedral (514 m)
Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean (0 m)
Anthem: National Anthem of Uruguay

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-03

— LAND —

Land covered by forest

12.0%% of land area

#152 of 2132023

38% of world average

Forest area

20,940km²

#107 of 2132023

11% of world average

Agricultural land

81.4%% of land area

#4 of 2092023

219% of world average

Farmable (arable) land

12.6%% of land area

#82 of 2062023

90% of world average

Land area

176,220km²

#90 of 2152023

27% of world average

— PEOPLE —

16 of 16 figures unavailable for Uruguay.

— MONEY —

GDP

$85.35Bcurrent US$

#85 of 2112025

15% of world average

GDP, purchasing power parity

$129.68Bcurrent int'l $

#93 of 1992025

12% of world average

GDP per person

$25,216current US$

#66 of 2112025

105% of world average

GDP per person, purchasing power parity

$38,315current int'l $

#66 of 1992025

115% of world average

GDP growth

1.8%% per year

#152 of 2102025

53% of world average

GDP per person growth

1.8%% per year

#123 of 2102025

77% of world average

Gross national income

$80.93Bcurrent US$

#84 of 2042025

14% of world average

Gross national income per person

$24,020current US$

#61 of 2032025

119% of world average

Gross national income per person, PPP

$36,330current int'l $

#66 of 1972025

114% of world average

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Inflation

4.7%% per year

#142 of 1902025

54% of world average

Inflation (GDP deflator)

4.3%% per year

#134 of 2092025

61% of world average

Real interest rate

5.5%%

#58 of 1342025

133% of world average

Lending interest rate

10.1%%

#57 of 1342025

89% of world average

Government debt

65.3%% of GDP

#42 of 632024

110% of world average

Government revenue

30.6%% of GDP

#48 of 1492024

117% of world average

Government spending

36.5%% of GDP

#29 of 1492023

132% of world average

Government consumption

17.6%% of GDP

#80 of 1812025

100% of world average

Household consumption

66.8%% of GDP

not enough data to rank2015

104% of world average

Investment (gross capital formation)

16.2%% of GDP

#151 of 1782025

69% of world average

Fixed investment

15.8%% of GDP

#149 of 1732025

71% of world average

Gross savings

15.5%% of GDP

#125 of 1682025

71% of world average

Foreign investment inflows

$1.12Bcurrent US$

#95 of 2012025

13% of world average

Foreign investment inflows

1.3%% of GDP

#135 of 1982025

no comparison

Foreign investment outflows

0.8%% of GDP

#64 of 1792025

36% of world average

Current account balance

-0.4%% of GDP

#84 of 1912025

no comparison

14 of 39 figures unavailable for Uruguay.

— TRADE —

12 of 12 figures unavailable for Uruguay.

— HEALTH —

Physicians

4.7 /1,000per 1,000 people

#13 of 1872022

222% of world average

Nurses and midwives

7.4 /1,000per 1,000 people

#38 of 1962022

157% of world average

Hospital beds

2.4 /1,000per 1,000 people

#77 of 1572023

82% of world average

Access to clean drinking water

99.6%% of population

#62 of 2142024

110% of world average

Access to basic sanitation

99.2%% of population

#49 of 2132024

123% of world average

Suicide rate

25per 100,000 people

#181 of 1852021

290% of world average

Adults who smoke

19.3%% of adults

#84 of 1662024

98% of world average

Tuberculosis cases

47per 100,000 people

#113 of 2082024

47% of world average

Undernourishment

2.5%% of population

#61 of 1682023

25% of world average

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Children vaccinated against measles

97.0%% of children 12-23 months

#45 of 1932024

113% of world average

9 of 19 figures unavailable for Uruguay.

— LEARNING —

Education spending

4.8%% of GDP

#68 of 1902023

110% of world average

Education spending

15.6%% of government spending

#55 of 1892023

115% of world average

Adult literacy

98.9%% aged 15+

#17 of 1192024

118% of world average

Youth literacy

99.0%% aged 15-24

#40 of 1262024

109% of world average

Primary school enrolment

104.5%% gross

#58 of 2002023

104% of world average

Secondary school enrolment

119.1%% gross

#17 of 1882023

137% of world average

University enrolment

80.0%% gross

#29 of 1672023

161% of world average

Primary school completion

101.2%% of relevant age group

#27 of 1802023

113% of world average

Pupils per teacher, primary school

11pupils per teacher

#17 of 1602017

50% of world average

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Years of compulsory education

14.0 yrsyears

#16 of 1972025

139% of world average

— WORK —

Unemployment

7.5%% of labour force

#128 of 1862025

109% of world average

Youth unemployment

25.1%% of labour force aged 15-24

#158 of 1862025

160% of world average

Labour force participation

65.0%% aged 15+

#60 of 1862025

107% of world average

Women in the labour force

57.3%% of women aged 15+

#65 of 1862025

112% of world average

Men in the labour force

73.4%% of men aged 15+

#61 of 1862025

105% of world average

Labour force

1.8Mpeople

#129 of 1862025

9% of world average

Working in agriculture

8.1%% of employment

#118 of 1862025

37% of world average

Working in industry

18.8%% of employment

#98 of 1862025

96% of world average

Working in services

73.2%% of employment

#44 of 1862025

125% of world average

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Self-employed

28.0%% of employment

#106 of 1862025

72% of world average

Labour force with advanced education

81.5%% of labour force

#45 of 1712024

107% of world average

Employed

60.1%% aged 15+

#71 of 1862025

106% of world average

— CONNECTED —

People online

92.0%% of population

#49 of 2072024

129% of world average

Mobile phone subscriptions

146per 100 people

#34 of 2102024

126% of world average

Fixed broadband subscriptions

33per 100 people

#49 of 2082024

182% of world average

Fixed telephone lines

36per 100 people

#27 of 2132024

239% of world average

Access to electricity

100.0%% of population

#116 of 2142024

113% of world average

Access to clean cooking fuel

100.0%% of population

#61 of 1892023

144% of world average

Electricity used per person

3,790kWh per person

#59 of 1492023

90% of world average

Energy used per person

1,772kg oil equivalent per person

#63 of 1492023

79% of world average

Air passengers carried

563,632passengers

not enough data to rank2009

2% of world average

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Air freight

4million tonne-km

not enough data to rank2009

0% of world average

Rail network

1,498route-km

#61 of 842021

14% of world average

Rail passengers

8million passenger-km

not enough data to rank2015

0% of world average

Container port traffic

1.1MTEU

#66 of 1672024

20% of world average

Research and development spending

0.7%% of GDP

#52 of 1272023

72% of world average

Patent applications by residents

23count

#95 of 1422017

0% of world average

Scientific journal articles published

1,060count

#87 of 1972023

6% of world average

Tourists arriving

3.5Mcount

#50 of 1942019

68% of world average

Money earned from tourism

$1.09Bcurrent US$

#67 of 1752020

29% of world average

— NATURE —

Carbon emissions per person

3tonnes per person

#103 of 2032024

57% of world average

Carbon emissions

9Mt CO2

#90 of 2032024

5% of world average

Greenhouse gas emissions

45Mt CO2-equivalent

#120 of 2032024

18% of world average

Protected land

3.1%% of land area

#193 of 2132025

16% of world average

Protected coastal waters

1.5%% of territorial waters

#97 of 1742025

15% of world average

Freshwater withdrawn

4.9%% of internal resources

#73 of 1772022

4% of world average

Renewable water available per person

27,190m³ per person

#23 of 1832022

192% of world average

Renewable energy use

57.8%% of final energy consumption

#41 of 2122021

199% of world average

Electricity from renewables

84.4%% of total

#21 of 2062021

244% of world average

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Electricity from fossil fuels

8.9%% of total

#24 of 2092022

15% of world average

Electricity from nuclear power

0.0%% of total

#199 of 2082021

0% of world average

Energy imported (net)

46.2%% of energy use

#52 of 1432022

no comparison

— STATE —

Military spending

2.3%% of GDP

#43 of 1562024

104% of world average

Military spending

$1.74Bcurrent US$

#65 of 1602024

10% of world average

Military spending

6.8%% of government spending

#54 of 1532024

91% of world average

Armed forces personnel

22,000people

#103 of 1702020

14% of world average

Armed forces

1.3%% of labour force

#49 of 1682020

105% of world average

Tax revenue

17.9%% of GDP

#68 of 1492024

106% of world average

Homicides

11per 100,000 people

#128 of 1582023

144% of world average

— TRADE PARTNERS —

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— TRADE —

No trade data available for Uruguay.

— EXTRAS —

Anthem

National Anthem of UruguayAudio: Wikimedia Commons

Capital time

--:--:--Montevideo · approx. UTC-4

Neighbours

Argentina

Brazil

Landmarks

Church of Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de LourdesImage: Wikimedia Commons

Historic Quarter of the City of Colonia del SacramentoImage: Wikimedia Commons

People

Luis SuárezUruguayan association football player

José MujicaUruguayan guerrilla fighter and politician

Natalia OreiroUruguayan actress, singer, host, and model

Diego ForlánUruguayan association football player and manager (born 1979)

Edinson CavaniUruguayan association football player

Diego GodínUruguayan association football player (born 1986)

Eduardo GaleanoUruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015)

Tabaré VázquezPresident of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020

Federico ValverdeUruguayan professional footballer (born 1998)

Carlos GardelUruguayan singer, songwriter, actor; the most prominent figure in the history of tango

Comte de LautréamontUruguayan born French poet, Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870)

History

25 Aug 1825Uruguay — founding / independence (Wikidata)

Size, side by side

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1960 → now

2026

Population3.4M2025

GDP$85.35B2025

GDP per person$25,2162025