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Uruguay
Latin America & Caribbean · High income · capital Montevideo
Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old78.3years
Ranks 65 of 217 in 2024
5% above world median · 3% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old7.4per 1,000 live births
Ranks 57 of 196 in 2024
51% below world median · 44% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old15per 100,000 live births
Ranks 57 of 194 in 2023
68% below world median · 72% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2018 · 8 years old6.9% of under-5s
Ranks 9 of 48 in 2018
70% below world median · 19% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 48 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure
Health spending
2023 · 3 years old9.02% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
42% above world median
Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.40births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
26% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2024 · 2 years old98.9% of adults 15+
Ranks 2 of 29 in 2024
5% above world median · 4% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 29 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2023 · 3 years old104.5% gross
Ranks 43 of 166 in 2023
4% above world median · 4% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Education spending
2023 · 3 years old4.76% of GDP
Ranks 35 of 121 in 2023
30% above world median · 26% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Economy
GDP per capita
2025 · 1 year old25,216current US$
Ranks 51 of 186 in 2025
2.2× above world median · 1.3× above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
GDP per capita (PPP)
2025 · 1 year old38,315international $
Ranks 57 of 185 in 2025
90% above world median · 66% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Extreme poverty
2024 · 2 years old0.2% of population
Ranks 2 of 25 in 2024
93% below world median · 90% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Income inequality (Gini)
2024 · 2 years old40.0index, 0–100
Ranks 12 of 25 in 2024
about the same world median · 8% below Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 25 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old7.5% of labour force
Ranks 129 of 182 in 2025
48% above world median · 25% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Inflation
2025 · 1 year old4.7% per year
Not ranked — no better end
53% above world median
Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Military spending
2024 · 2 years old2.31% of GDP
Not ranked — no better end
46% above world median
Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old100.0% of population
Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Internet use
2024 · 2 years old92.0% of population
Ranks 47 of 182 in 2024
12% above world median · 16% above Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old2.57t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
about the same world median · about the same Latin America & Caribbean
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old3.4mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
48% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Uruguay has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.