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Uruguay

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  • Uruguay has a population of about 3.4M; its total GDP of $85.3B ranks #83 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 176,990 km² is about 93% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Poverty rate ($2.15/day) stands out most against the median: 0.2% — rank #129 of 153 countries with data.

Uruguay: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 3.4M (2025) #131 / 169 median 11.5M · 29%
Population growth -0.1% (2025) #141 / 169 N/A
Urban population share 95.7% (2025) #4 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.5×
Population aged 65+ 16.3% (2025) #44 / 169 median 7.4% · 2.2×
Fertility rate 1.4 (2024) #140 / 169 median 2.1 · 67%
Birth rate 9.8‰ (2024) #128 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 61%
Death rate 9.9‰ (2024) #31 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 1.4×
Net migration -1.3K (2025) #74 / 169 N/A
Surface area 176,990 km² #91 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 93%
Population density derived 19.1/km² (2025) #144 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 26%
Economy
GDP (total) $85.3B (2025) #83 / 168 median $80.7B · 1.1×
GDP per capita $25,216 (2025) #46 / 168 median $6,834 · 3.7×
GNI per capita $24,020 (2025) #45 / 168 median $6,350 · 3.8×
GDP growth (annual) 1.8% (2025) #119 / 168 median 3.1% · 58%
Inflation rate 4.7% (2025) #47 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.4×
Unemployment rate 7.5% (2025) #53 / 168 median 5.1% · 1.5×
Gini index 40.0 (2024) #42 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.1×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 0.2% (2024) #129 / 153 median 2.5% · 8%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 27.1% (2025) #104 / 163 median 35.0% · 77%
Imports share of GDP 22.6% (2025) #139 / 163 median 40.2% · 56%
Agriculture share of GDP 6.4% (2025) #92 / 168 median 7.2% · 89%
Manufacturing share of GDP 10.0% (2025) #97 / 165 median 11.2% · 89%
International tourist arrivals 3.5M (2019) #46 / 162 median 1.1M · 3.1×
Tourism receipts $1.1B (2020) #69 / 165 median $705M · 1.5×
Health & education
Life expectancy 78.3 years (2024) #45 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.1×
Infant mortality 6.2‰ (2024) #117 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 48%
Under-five mortality 7.4‰ (2024) #117 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 47%
DPT immunization 94.0% (2024) #63 / 166 median 90.5% · 1.0×
Hospital beds 2.4 per 1,000 (2023) #69 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 1.2×
Health spending share of GDP 9.0% (2023) #37 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.4×
Secondary school enrollment 119.1% (2023) #12 / 167 median 90.5% · 1.3×
Education spending share of GDP 4.8% (2023) #58 / 165 median 4.1% · 1.2×
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.862 (2023) #42 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.1×
Internet users 92.0% (2024) #37 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.1×
Mobile subscriptions 145.5 per 100 (2024) #25 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.3×
Fixed broadband 33.0 per 100 (2024) #36 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 2.7×
Electricity access 100.0% (2024) #80 / 169 median 99.9% · 1.0×
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 2.6 t (2024) #85 / 165 median 2.6 t · 97%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 8.7 Mt (2024) #111 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 41%
Renewable electricity share 84.4% (2021) #22 / 169 median 34.1% · 2.5×
Renewable energy consumption 57.8% (2021) #41 / 169 median 26.9% · 2.1×
Forest area 12.0% (2023) #122 / 169 median 32.4% · 37%
Agricultural land 81.4% (2023) #4 / 169 median 41.7% · 2.0×
Arable land 12.6% (2023) #73 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.1×
PM2.5 exposure 10.9 µg/m³ (2023) #138 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 55%
Military spending 2.3% (2024) #47 / 157 median 1.8% · 1.3×

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

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Uruguay's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 176,990 km².

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Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).