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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Uruguay economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Uruguay best banks and safest banks are also available.
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USD 13.4 billion (2016)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 58.1 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 76.4 billion (2017, estimate)
2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
4.1% | 6.5% | 7.2% | 4.2% | 7.8% | 5.2% | 3.5% |
2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* | ||
4.6% | 3.2% | 1% | 0.1% | 1.2% |
*Estimate
USD 16,908.5 (2017, estimate)
1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
0.10% | 0.08% | 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
8.6% | 8.9% | 8.7% | 10.2% | 8.7% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
6.5% | 6.6% | 7.5% | 7.9% | 8.5% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
60.2% | 61.4% | 64.3% | 63.7% | 65.2% |
*Estimate
2013 | 2014 | 2015* | 2016* | 2017* |
-2.3% | -3.5% | -3.6% | -4.3% | -3.7% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BBB
Moody's: Baa2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated January 2017)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
-3.1% (2017 estimate)
22.3% (2015)
0.05% (2015)
0.06% (2015)
Beef, soybeans, cellulose, rice, wheat, wood, dairy products; wool
Refined oil, crude oil, passenger and other transportation vehicles, vehicle parts, cellular phones
China 15%, Brazil 14.4%, US 6.5%, Argentina 4.9% (2015)
Brazil 18.2%, China 17.4%, Argentina 12.6%, US 9.1%, Germany 4.5%, Nigeria 4.1% (2015)
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 3,032 million | USD 2,188 million | USD 1,647 million |
2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 5.3 million | USD 39.2 million | USD 33.4 million |
2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
USD 0.4 million | USD 21.6 million | USD 6.4 million | N/A |
N/A
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N/A
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Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 90 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 60 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 111 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 110 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 62 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 123 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 146 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 113 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 163 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 43 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 61 out of 190 countries
73 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 41 / Score: 68.75 (Moderately free) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Spanish (official), Portunol, Brazilero (Portuguese-Spanish mix on the Brazilian frontier)
Roman Catholic 47.1%, non-Catholic Christians 11.1%, nondenominational 23.2%, Jewish 0.3%, atheist or agnostic 17.2%, other 1.1% (2006)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
3.094 million | 3.301 million | 3.357 million | 3.427 million | 3.482 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
80% | 85% | 92% | 95% |
Total population: 98.5%
Male: 98.2%
Female: 98.8% (2015 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
0.3% (2014 estimate)
41.6 (2014)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 1
Civil Liberties: 1 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 32.26% Mobile 160.21% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)