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Uruguay — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Uruguay, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
64.99%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +13.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Uruguay was 64.99% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 66.02% in 2011. The lowest was 56.59% in 1993 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.37% per year.
Uruguay ranks 60 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 32%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Uruguay sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 2% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 0%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
64.99%
First (1990)
57.20%
Change
+13.6%
Highest
66.02%
in 2011
Lowest
56.59%
in 1993
Average
61.98%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.37%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 64.99% |
| 2024 | 65.02% |
| 2023 | 64.58% |
| 2022 | 63.18% |
| 2021 | 62.89% |
| 2020 | 61.1% |
| 2019 | 63.49% |
| 2018 | 63.68% |
| 2017 | 64.11% |
| 2016 | 64.61% |
| 2015 | 64.93% |
| 2014 | 65.87% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. 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.