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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	57 081	53 669	77 236^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	1.8	-7.4	0.4^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	16 948.0	15 790.0	22 796.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f (% of Gross Value Added)	7.7	8.3^g	8.4^g,b
Economy: Industry^f (% of Gross Value Added)	22.1	19.2^h	19.1^h,b
Economy: Services and other activity^f (% of GVA)	70.3	72.5ⁱ	72.4^i,b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	8.8	8	8.7^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	20.5	18.2	19^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	70.7	73.8	72.3^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	7.5	10.4	8.5^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	56.3 / 74.4	54.4 / 68.7	57.4 / 70.9^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k (2010=100)	150	223	291^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	101	92	95^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	7 670	6 864^j	10 218^j,e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	9 489	7 564	12 525^j,e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 820	-701^j	- 2 307^j,e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-147	-343	-821^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	0.4	0.1	-0.1^a
Urban population (% of total population)	95	95.4^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	0.5^l	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2	1.5	1.4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	81.0 / 73.4	82.0 / 74.5	82.2 / 74.6^a
Population age distribution^m (0-14/60+ years old, %)	21.1 / 19.3	19.8 / 20.4	17.9 / 21.7^a
International migrant stockⁿ (000/% of total pop.)	78.8 / 2.3	108.3 / 3.2	160.1 / 4.7^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.4	27.2	63.5^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	9	6.7	6.8^a
Health: Current expenditure^o,p (% of GDP)	8.3	9.1^q	8.9^q,r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	...	5^s	4.7^r
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.0 / 110.4^j	104.8 / 105.7^j	102.3 / 103.2^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	108.9 / 102.2^j,t	114.2 / 113.4^j	119.5 / 116.7^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	104.1 / 79.5^j,t	131.7 / 108.9^j	140.9 / 117.0^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	8.7	10	11.2^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	13.1	21.2^u	28.3^u,v

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet (per 100 inhabitants)	64.6^w	85.5^j	89.9^j,b
Research & Development expenditure (% of GDP)	0.4	0.4	0.4^x
Threatened species (number)	103	116	155^e
Forested area (% of land area)	11	11.6	11.8^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	6.4 / 1.9	6.2 / 1.8	7.2 / 2.1^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	127	132	136^j,r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	63	64	69^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders (000)	2 773	3 059^d	...
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	21.5	23.3	23.3^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	94.5 / ...	94.6 / ...	94.6 / ...^r
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.04	0.07^s	...

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Data refer to the department of Montevideo and localities of the departments of Canelones and San José (Cerámicas del Sur and Ciudad del Plata).
d		2019
e		2024
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
m		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
n		Including refugees.
o		Data are based on SHA2011.
p		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
q		Break in the time series.
r		2022
s		2017
t		2010
u		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
v		Figures correspond to the provisional results of the October 2024 elections.
w		Population aged 6 years and over.
x		2021