Country profile
Uruguay
Americas · Capital: Montevideo · Currency: Uruguayan peso (UYU)
Uruguay is a country in Americas, with its capital at Montevideo. It has a GDP of $82.32B (2024), a population of 3.4M (2025), a GDP per capita of $24,308.
- GDP
- $82.32B
- GDP per capita
- $24,308
- Population
- 3.4M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $38,315
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2024 · #57 of 200
2025 · #133 of 216
2025 · #57 of 185
Economy
- GDP
- $82.32B2024 · #81
- GDP per capita
- $24,3082024 · #57
- GDP growth
- 3.33%2024 · #105
- Inflation
- 4.85%2024 · #130
- Unemployment
- 7.52%2025 · #128
- Population
- 3.4M2025 · #133
- GDP (PPP)
- $129.68B2025 · #92
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- $38,3152025 · #57
- Gini index
- 40.02024 · #121
- Government debt
- 66.8%2026 · #128
People
- Median age
- 36.5 yrs2024 · #89
- Fertility rate
- 1.4 children/woman2024 · #178
- Urbanization
- 95.7%2025 · #17
- Net migration
- −1,338/yr2025 · #114
- Life expectancy
- 78.3 yrs2024 · #64
- HDI
- 0.8622023 · #48
- Homicide rate
- 11.2 per 100k2023 · #145
Money
- Corporate tax
- 25%2024 · #75
- Top income tax
- 36%2024 · #55
- Big Mac index
- $8.762026-01 · #2
Figures
- Internet users
- 92.0%2024 · #47
- CO₂ per capita
- 2.6 t2024 · #101
- Area
- 181,034 km²#92
- Population density
- 19 /km²2025 · #190
- McDonald's
- 352024 · #64
- Unicorn startups
- 22026-03 · #40
- Billionaires
- 02026
- Passport power
- 156 destinations2026 · #56
- Corruption index
- 76/1002024 · #13
- Military spending
- 2.3%2024 · #39
- Renewable energy
- 57.8%2021 · #41
Globenomics Company Index
The largest companies headquartered in Uruguay.
- 1ANTELTelecommunications5,050 employees
- 2Banco de Seguros del EstadoInsurance2,630 employees
- 3Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisiones EléctricasElectric power generation, transmission and distribution6.279 employees