Country
Uruguay
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- high income
- Capital
- Montevideo
- ISO code
- UY · URY
72 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 3.4M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 32,742 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 78.3 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 2.6 t CO₂
Population
- Population 3.4M 2025 133rd of 214
- Population density 19 people/km² 2024 184th of 212
- Population growth -0.06 % per year 2025 171st of 214
- Natural increase 0.1 per 1,000 people 2023 174th of 228
- Net migration -0.4 per 1,000 people 2025 108th of 214
- Fertility rate 1.40 births per woman 2024 176th of 214
- Urban population 95.7 % 2025 16th of 214
- Median age 35.8 years 2023 89th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 16.3 % 2025 58th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 24.7 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 58th of 214
- Children under 15 17.9 % 2025 140th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 78.3 years 2024 63rd of 214
- Life expectancy, women 82.0 years 2024 55th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 74.4 years 2024 83rd of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 7.7 years 2024 21st of 214
- Infant mortality 6.2 per 1,000 births 2024 139th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 7.4 per 1,000 births 2024 139th of 195
- Maternal mortality 15 per 100,000 births 2023 133rd of 193
- Health spending per person 2,076 USD 2023 38th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 3,135 $ (PPP) 2023 45th of 191
- Physicians 4.67 per 1,000 people 2022 13th of 179
- Hospital beds 2.4 per 1,000 people 2023 74th of 150
- Measles immunization 97 % 2024 31st of 191
- Undernourishment 2.5 % 2024 102nd of 165
- Tobacco use 19.3 % 2024 82nd of 165
- Calorie supply 3,323 kcal per day 2023 48th of 175
- Meat supply 69.3 kg per person per year 2023 64th of 175
Economy
- GDP 85.3B USD 2025 83rd of 185
- GDP per capita 25,216 USD 2025 51st of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 32,742 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 57th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 20,182 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 60th of 165
- GDP growth 1.8 % 2025 140th of 185
- GDP per capita growth 1.8 % 2025 112th of 185
- Inflation 4.7 % 2025 39th of 169
- Unemployment 7.5 % 2025 54th of 181
- Youth unemployment 25.1 % 2025 28th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 12.6 % 2025 106th of 150
- Trade 51 % of GDP 2024 129th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 40.0 2024 37th of 151
- Extreme poverty 0.2 % 2024 123rd of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 6.4 % of GDP 2024 96th of 187
- Women in the labour force 57.3 % 2025 64th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.862 2023 48th of 192
- Literacy rate 98.9 % 2024 17th of 122
- Education spending 4.5 % of GDP 2022 69th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 119 % 2023 13th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 80 % 2023 26th of 127
- Primary completion rate 101 % 2023 22nd of 135
- Women in parliament 31.3 % 2025 67th of 183
- Homicide rate 10.0 per 100,000 people 2020 27th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 8.7 Mt CO₂ 2024 114th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 2.6 t CO₂ 2024 100th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 2.35 t CO₂ 2024 124th of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.5 Gt CO₂ 2024 105th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 13.2 t CO₂e 2024 20th of 201
- Forest area 11.5 % of land 2024 160th of 208
- Water stress 12 % 2022 85th of 176
- Arable land 12.4 % of land 2024 84th of 205
- Renewable energy 57.8 % of final energy 2021 41st of 210
- Renewable electricity 98.9 % of electricity 2024 9th of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 38.6 % of electricity 2024 3rd of 193
- Electricity from solar 4.2 % of electricity 2024 88th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 69 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 176th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 3,948 kWh 2024 72nd of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 10.9 µg/m³ 2023 149th of 199
Uruguay on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldSpanish · official languageSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldUruguayan peso (UYU)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−3Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, F, I, L · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world5 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Castles map2 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- VPN provider mapServers of 12 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)