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Uruguay
Last update: 2025-08-04
Geographical location
Economy and finance
Currency
Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$806 (2024)
Inflation rate
5.87% (2023)
Unemployment rate
8.35% (2023)
Below the poverty line
9.9% (2022)
Gini coefficient
40.6 (2022)
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
21.5%
Smoking men
24.4%
Smoking women
18.5%
Current as of
2020
Area (sq. km)
Total area
176215
Land area
175015
Water area
1200
Popular payment systems
- Mastercard
- PayPal
- Visa
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
70.62%
iOS
29.29%
Current as of
2025
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+598
Internet domain
.uy
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
139 (2022)
Internet user penetration
90% (2021)
Fixed internet penetration
31% (2020)
General information
Сontinent
South America
Region
Latin America
Tier
Tier-2
ISO code
UY
Capital
Montevideo
Official language
Spanish
Average consumer spendings
Food products
18.6%
Alcohol and tobacco
1.3%
Current as of
2022
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
5.42
Beer
1.86
Wine
2.86
Spirits
0.71
Other alcohol
0
Current as of
2019
Population and society
Population size
3425330
Male population
1660132
Female population
1765198
Population growth rate
0.26% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
12.6 (2024)
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
9.1 (2024)
Urbanization
95.8% (2023)
Credit ratings
Fitch
BBB- (2013)
Moody's
Baa2 (2014)
Standard & Poors
BBB (2015)
Age structure
0-14 years
18.9%
15-64 years
65.4%
65+ years
15.7%
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Catholicism
Non-religious
47.3%
Not specified
3.4%
Current as of
2021
Last update: 2025-08-04