Uruguay — Inflation
Inflation, Consumer Prices (Annual %) for Uruguay, 1960–2025.
Inflation for Uruguay was 4.65% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 125.34% in 1968. The lowest was 4.36% in 2001 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.20% per year.
Uruguay ranks 47 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 25%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 2.53%, so Uruguay sits above it. It peaked in 1968 and has fallen 96% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 46%. Within Latin America & Caribbean it ranks 6 of 33 economies; Honduras (4.60%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 221% in 2002. That is 38% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1960 level: doubled by 1967.
World ranking. Slipped: 2nd of 63 in 1960 → 1st of 92 in 1970 → 3rd of 106 in 1980 → 6th of 131 in 1990 → 59th of 163 in 2000 → 41st of 186 in 2010 → 20th of 178 in 2020 → 39th of 169 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1960 to 2025
| Year | annual % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.65% | -0.2 pp |
| 2024 | 4.85% | -1.0 pp |
| 2023 | 5.87% | -3.2 pp |
| 2022 | 9.1% | +1.4 pp |
| 2021 | 7.75% | -2.0 pp |
| 2020 | 9.76% | +1.9 pp |
| 2019 | 7.88% | +0.3 pp |
| 2018 | 7.61% | +1.4 pp |
| 2017 | 6.22% | -3.4 pp |
| 2016 | 9.64% | +1.0 pp |
| 2015 | 8.67% | -0.2 pp |
| 2014 | 8.88% | +0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 8.58% | +0.5 pp |
| 2012 | 8.1% | +0.0 pp |
| 2011 | 8.09% | +1.4 pp |
| 2010 | 6.7% | -0.4 pp |
| 2009 | 7.06% | -0.8 pp |
| 2008 | 7.88% | -0.2 pp |
| 2007 | 8.11% | +1.7 pp |
| 2006 | 6.4% | +1.7 pp |
| 2005 | 4.7% | -4.5 pp |
| 2004 | 9.16% | -10.2 pp |
| 2003 | 19.38% | +5.4 pp |
| 2002 | 13.97% | +9.6 pp |
| 2001 | 4.36% | -0.4 pp |
| 2000 | 4.76% | -0.9 pp |
| 1999 | 5.66% | -5.2 pp |
| 1998 | 10.81% | -9.0 pp |
| 1997 | 19.82% | -8.5 pp |
| 1996 | 28.34% | -13.9 pp |
| 1995 | 42.25% | -2.5 pp |
| 1994 | 44.74% | -9.4 pp |
| 1993 | 54.1% | -14.4 pp |
| 1992 | 68.46% | -33.5 pp |
| 1991 | 101.97% | -10.6 pp |
| 1990 | 112.53% | +32.1 pp |
| 1989 | 80.45% | +18.3 pp |
| 1988 | 62.19% | -1.4 pp |
| 1987 | 63.57% | -12.8 pp |
| 1986 | 76.38% | +4.2 pp |
| 1985 | 72.22% | +16.9 pp |
| 1984 | 55.3% | +6.1 pp |
| 1983 | 49.2% | +30.2 pp |
| 1982 | 18.99% | -15.1 pp |
| 1981 | 34.05% | -29.4 pp |
| 1980 | 63.48% | -3.4 pp |
| 1979 | 66.84% | +22.3 pp |
| 1978 | 44.55% | -13.6 pp |
| 1977 | 58.2% | +7.6 pp |
| 1976 | 50.62% | -30.8 pp |
| 1975 | 81.41% | +4.2 pp |
| 1974 | 77.21% | -19.8 pp |
| 1973 | 97% | +20.5 pp |
| 1972 | 76.48% | +52.5 pp |
| 1971 | 23.95% | +7.6 pp |
| 1970 | 16.31% | -4.7 pp |
| 1969 | 20.97% | -104.4 pp |
| 1968 | 125.34% | +36.1 pp |
| 1967 | 89.28% | +15.8 pp |
| 1966 | 73.46% | +16.9 pp |
| 1965 | 56.56% | +14.2 pp |
| 1964 | 42.37% | +21.1 pp |
| 1963 | 21.25% | +10.3 pp |
| 1962 | 10.91% | -11.8 pp |
| 1961 | 22.75% | -15.8 pp |
| 1960 | 38.5% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Uruguay’s Inflation in 1961?
22.75% (1961). 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 Inflation growing or shrinking?
Between 1960 and 2025 the series was shrinking overall: -87.9% in total — about 3.2% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator FP.CPI.TOTL.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: 4.65%; 2024: 4.85%; 2023: 5.87%; 2022: 9.1%; 2021: 7.75%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG — Inflation, Consumer Prices (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.