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General Information

Region		South America
Population (000, 2019)		3 462
Pop. density (per km2, 2019)		19.8
Capital city		Montevideo
Capital city pop. (000, 2019)		1 744.7^b
UN membership date		18-Dec-45
Surface area (km2)		173 626^a
Sex ratio (m per 100 f)		93.4
National currency		Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
Exchange rate (per US$)		32.4^c

Economic indicators

	2005	2010	2019
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	17 363	40 285	59 180^a
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2010 prices)	7.5	7.8	2.7^a
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 220.9	11 938.2	17 120.2^a
Economy: Agriculture (% of Gross Value Added)	9.8	8	5.7^a
Economy: Industry (% of Gross Value Added)	26.6	27.3	26.8^a
Economy: Services and other activity (% of GVA)	63.6	64.7	67.5^a
Employment: Agriculture^d (% of employed)	5.7	11.6	7.8
Employment: Industry^d (% of employed)	22.9	21.4	19.8
Employment: Services^d (% employed)	71.4	67	72.4
Unemployment (% of labour force)	12.2	7.2	8.2^d
Labour force participation^d (female/male pop. %)	52.4 / 73.7	55.3 / 76.7	55.9 / 73.8
CPI: Consumer Price Index^e (2010=100)	71	100	188^c
Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100)	101	119	118^f
International trade: Exports (million current US$)	3 422	6 724	9 148^d,c
International trade: Imports (million current US$)	3 879	8 622	9 381^d,c
International trade: Balance (million current US$)	-457	- 1 898	-233^c
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	42	-731	-374^c

Social indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Population growth rate^g (average annual %)	~0.0	0.2	0.3^h
Urban population (% of total population)	93.3	94.4	95.4
Urban population growth rate^g (average annual %)	0.3	0.5	0.5^h
Fertility rate, total^g (live births per woman)	2.2	2	2^h
Life expectancy at birth^g (females/males, years)	78.9 / 71.5	80.0 / 72.6	80.7 / 73.2^h
Population age distribution (0-14/60+ years old, %)	23.7 / 17.9	22.2 / 18.5	20.5 / 20.0
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	82.3 / 2.5	76.3 / 2.3	79.6 / 2.3^a
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.1ⁱ	0.2ⁱ	10.5^c
Infant mortality rate^g (per 1 000 live births)	14.5	11.3	10^h
Health: Current expenditure (% of GDP)	8.4	8.6	9.1^f
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	3.7^j	3.9^k	5^a
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	2.7	2.9^l	4.4^m
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	112.4 / 115.3	110.2 / 113.9	104.3 / 106.6^f
Education: Secondary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.5 / 94.2	109.3 / 93.0	... / ...
Education: Tertiary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	57.9 / 33.2	58.0 / 34.5^l	... / ...
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	5.7	6.1	7.7^f
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	12.1	14.1	22.2

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2005	2010	2019
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	20.1	46.4ⁿ	68.3^d,a
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.2^j	0.3	0.4^h
Threatened species (number)	50^o	80	110
Forested area (% of land area)	8.7	9.9	10.7^d,f
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	5.8 / 1.7	6.4 / 1.9	6.7 / 2.0^p
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	45	89	126^d,f
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	38	51	62^f
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	1 808	2 353	3 674^a
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	10.4	20.7	20.8^c
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.11	0.12	0.08^a

Footnotes

a		2017
b		Data refer to the department of Montevideo and localities of the departments of Canelones and San José (Cerámicas del Sur and Ciudad del Plata).
c		2018
d		Estimate.
e		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
f		2016
g		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
h		2015
i		Data as at the end of December.
j		2002
k		2008
l		2006
m		2011
n		Population aged 6 years and over.
o		2004
p		2014