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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2020)		3 474
Pop. density (per km2, 2020)		19.8
Capital city		Montevideo
Capital city pop. (000, 2020)		1 744.7^b,c
UN membership date		18-Dec-45
Surface area (km2)		173 626^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		93.5
National currency		Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
Exchange rate (per US$)		37.3^c

Economic indicators

	2010	2015	2020
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	40 285	53 274	59 597^d
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	7.8	0.4	1.6^d
GDP per capita (current US$)	11 992.0	15 613.8	17 278.1^d
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	8	6.7	6.2^d
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	27.3	28	26.9^d
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	41.7	44.8	45.9^d
Employment in agriculture (% of employed)	11.6	8.8	7.9^e
Employment in industry (% of employed)	21.4	20.5	18.7^e
Employment in services (% employed)	67	70.7	73.4^e
Unemployment^e (% of labour force)	7.2	7.5	8.8
Labour force participation rate^e (female/male pop. %)	55.3 / 76.8	55.7 / 75.2	55.7 / 73.4
CPI: Consumer Price Index^f (2010=100)	100	150	203^c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	119	128	118^g
International trade: exports (million current US$)	6 724	7 670	7 886^e,c
International trade: imports (million current US$)	8 622	9 489	8 226^e,c
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 898	- 1 820	-340^e,c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-731	-491	419^c

Social indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Population growth rate^h (average annual %)	0.2	0.3	0.4
Urban population (% of total population)	94.4	95	95.4^c
Urban population growth rate^h (average annual %)	0.5	0.5	...
Fertility rate, total^h (live births per woman)	2	2	2
Life expectancy at birth^h (females/males, years)	80.0 / 72.6	80.7 / 73.2	81.3 / 73.9
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	22.2 / 18.5	21.1 / 19.2	20.3 / 20.2
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	76.3 / 2.3	78.8 / 2.3	81.5 / 2.4^c
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.2ⁱ	0.4	21.5^c
Infant mortality rate^h (per 1 000 live births)	11.3	10	8.7
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.6	9	9.3^a
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	4^j	...	5.1^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.9^k	4.4^l	4.9^a
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	110.9 / 114.6	109.8 / 112.2	107.6 / 109.3^a
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	109.5 / 93.2	... / ...	126.6 / 114.1^a
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	58.0 / 34.5^k	... / ...	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	6.1	8.6	12.1^d
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	14.1	13.1	21.2^m

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2010	2015	2020
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	46.4ⁿ	64.6	74.8^d
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.3	0.4	0.5^a
Threatened species (number)	80	103	116
Forested area (% of land area)	9.9	10.5	10.5^e,a
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	6.0 / 1.8	6.4 / 1.9	5.9 / 1.7^a
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	89	126	136^a
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	51	62	63^a
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	2 353	2 773	3 469^d
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	20.7	20.8	20.8^c
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	94.2 / ...	94.5 / ...	94.6 / ...^a
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.12	0.05	0.08^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Data refer to the department of Montevideo and localities of the departments of Canelones and San JosÈ (Cer·micas del Sur and Ciudad del Plata).
c		2019
d		2018
e		Estimate.
f		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
g		2016
h		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
i		Data as at the end of December.
j		2008
k		2006
l		2011
m		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
n		Population aged 6 years and over.