Uruguay
Uruguay in numbers — 19 World Bank indicators, each linking to its complete year-by-year history.
Uruguay recorded GDP per capita: 25,216 (2025), ranking 67 of 212 worldwide; Population: 3.38 million (2025), ranking 133 of 217 worldwide; Life expectancy: 78.3 (2024), ranking 65 of 217 worldwide; Inflation: 4.65% (2025), ranking 48 of 187 worldwide. The year in brackets is the reference year for that figure.
Measured across each series' full span, GDP shows the largest increase (+6770%) and Population growth the largest decrease (-104%). Every indicator below links to its complete year-by-year series.
Across the measures below it sits above the world median on slightly more than half. Measured against the median of every economy covered here, 13 of 19 comparable series are higher and 5 are lower.
Its population of 3.38 million (2025) makes it a smaller population by the standards of this dataset.
All 19 series on this page carry a value for 2023 or later.
Indicators
| Indicator | Latest | Year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | 85,347,696,277.69 | 2025 | +6770.2% |
| GDP per capita | 25,215.82 | 2025 | +5035.3% |
| GDP growth | 1.78% | 2025 | -28.4% |
| Population | 3,384,688 | 2025 | +33.8% |
| Population growth | -0.06% | 2025 | -104.5% |
| Urban population | 95.65% | 2025 | +19.3% |
| Inflation | 4.65% | 2025 | -87.9% |
| Life expectancy | 78.29 | 2024 | +15.7% |
| Infant mortality | 6.2 | 2024 | -89.1% |
| CO2 per capita | 2.57 | 2024 | +32.2% |
| GDP (PPP) | 129,683,935,279.06 | 2025 | +525.1% |
| GDP per capita (PPP) | 38,314.89 | 2025 | +473.3% |
| Labor participation | 64.99% | 2025 | +13.6% |
| Unemployment | 7.52% | 2025 | -16.0% |
| Electricity access | 100% | 2024 | +4.0% |
| Internet users | 91.99% | 2024 | — |
| Forest area | 11.96% | 2023 | +162.4% |
| Education spending | 4.76% | 2023 | +139.8% |
| Health spending | 9.02% | 2023 | -1.7% |