Uruguay — GDP growth
GDP Growth (Annual %) for Uruguay, 1961–2025.
GDP growth for Uruguay was 1.78% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 8.81% in 1986. The lowest was -10.27% in 1983 (about -5.8× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.52% per year.
Uruguay ranks 153 of 212 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 72%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 3.38%, so Uruguay sits below it. It peaked in 1986 and has fallen 80% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 381%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 30 of 40 economies; Venezuela, RB (1.57%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1332% in 1964. That is 42% above this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1961 level: doubled by 1969.
World ranking. Slipped: 76th of 107 in 1961 → 97th of 119 in 1970 → 46th of 152 in 1980 → 124th of 176 in 1990 → 188th of 199 in 2000 → 33rd of 209 in 2010 → 148th of 209 in 2020 → 140th of 186 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1961 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.78% | -1.5 pp |
| 2024 | 3.33% | +2.6 pp |
| 2023 | 0.76% | -3.8 pp |
| 2022 | 4.61% | -1.2 pp |
| 2021 | 5.84% | +13.2 pp |
| 2020 | -7.36% | -8.3 pp |
| 2019 | 0.93% | +0.8 pp |
| 2018 | 0.16% | -1.6 pp |
| 2017 | 1.74% | +0.1 pp |
| 2016 | 1.69% | +1.3 pp |
| 2015 | 0.37% | -2.9 pp |
| 2014 | 3.24% | -1.4 pp |
| 2013 | 4.64% | +1.1 pp |
| 2012 | 3.54% | -1.6 pp |
| 2011 | 5.16% | -2.6 pp |
| 2010 | 7.8% | +3.6 pp |
| 2009 | 4.24% | -2.9 pp |
| 2008 | 7.18% | +0.6 pp |
| 2007 | 6.54% | +2.4 pp |
| 2006 | 4.1% | -3.4 pp |
| 2005 | 7.46% | +2.5 pp |
| 2004 | 5% | +4.2 pp |
| 2003 | 0.81% | +8.5 pp |
| 2002 | -7.73% | -3.9 pp |
| 2001 | -3.84% | -1.9 pp |
| 2000 | -1.93% | -0.4 pp |
| 1999 | -1.52% | -6.0 pp |
| 1998 | 4.52% | -4.0 pp |
| 1997 | 8.55% | +3.0 pp |
| 1996 | 5.58% | +7.0 pp |
| 1995 | -1.45% | -8.7 pp |
| 1994 | 7.28% | +4.6 pp |
| 1993 | 2.66% | -5.3 pp |
| 1992 | 7.93% | +4.4 pp |
| 1991 | 3.54% | +3.2 pp |
| 1990 | 0.3% | -0.8 pp |
| 1989 | 1.1% | -0.4 pp |
| 1988 | 1.48% | -6.5 pp |
| 1987 | 7.99% | -0.8 pp |
| 1986 | 8.81% | +7.3 pp |
| 1985 | 1.47% | +2.6 pp |
| 1984 | -1.14% | +9.1 pp |
| 1983 | -10.27% | -0.5 pp |
| 1982 | -9.76% | -11.3 pp |
| 1981 | 1.56% | -4.3 pp |
| 1980 | 5.84% | -0.4 pp |
| 1979 | 6.2% | +0.8 pp |
| 1978 | 5.37% | +3.9 pp |
| 1977 | 1.46% | -2.5 pp |
| 1976 | 3.94% | -2.2 pp |
| 1975 | 6.1% | +3.2 pp |
| 1974 | 2.9% | +2.6 pp |
| 1973 | 0.28% | +1.6 pp |
| 1972 | -1.32% | -1.1 pp |
| 1971 | -0.25% | -2.6 pp |
| 1970 | 2.33% | -3.5 pp |
| 1969 | 5.86% | +4.0 pp |
| 1968 | 1.89% | +5.5 pp |
| 1967 | -3.66% | -6.7 pp |
| 1966 | 3.06% | +2.0 pp |
| 1965 | 1.05% | -1.4 pp |
| 1964 | 2.44% | +2.3 pp |
| 1963 | 0.17% | +1.7 pp |
| 1962 | -1.57% | -4.1 pp |
| 1961 | 2.49% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Uruguay’s GDP growth in 1962?
-1.57% (1962). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in annual %, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Uruguay’s GDP growth growing or shrinking?
Between 1961 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -28.4% in total — about 0.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 1.78%; 2024: 3.33%; 2023: 0.76%; 2022: 4.61%; 2021: 5.84%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG — GDP Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.