International Rankings of Uruguay 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Uruguay, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Uruguay, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	41	29.95	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	72	1.012 million	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	94	68.28 %	2018
Internet users - total	115	2.301 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	42	34.47	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	73	1.165 million	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	30	141.39	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	123	4.780 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	72	19.720 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	73	17.660 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	64	3.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	51	879.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	74	43.705 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	79	56	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	81	62	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	42	90	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	118	58	2020
Exports	94	11.410 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	84	56.108 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	141	21.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	90	14.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	80	66.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	14	18.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	108	16.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	63	1.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	100	6.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	95	24.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	55	69.70 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	52	40 %	2018
Gross national saving	118	13	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	55	30.80 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2014
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	32	1.90 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	113	8.607 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	99	3.60 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	27	7.80 %	2019
Labor force	125	1.748 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	86	13 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	95	14 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	39	73 %	2010
Population below poverty line	138	9 %	2019
Public debt	52	65.70 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	102	74.638 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	69	2.70 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	85	21561 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	66	15.960 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	70	29.80 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	81	7.60 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	120	7.554 million	2017
Crude oil - imports	57	40200	2015
Electricity - consumption	94	10.770 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	54	1.321 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	65	29	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	43	29	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	4	42	2017
Electricity - imports	110	24.000 million kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	82	4.808 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	92	13.130 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	102	70.790 million cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	73	70.790 million cubic meters	2017
Refined petroleum products - consumption	98	53000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	146	9591 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	81	42220 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	115	7 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	56	26 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	172	9 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	3	87	2018
Land use - arable land	93	10	2018
Land use - forest	146	10	2018
Land use - other	176	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	5	77	2018
Revenue from forest resources	39	2 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	46	172.200 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	63	3.170 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	106	80.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	84	410.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	144	0.40	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	6	96	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	81	1.260 million tons	2012
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	81	100811 tons	2011
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	63	8.00 %	2011
Geography
Area - land	90	175015 sq km	N/A
Area - total	90	176215 sq km	N/A
Area - water	103	1200 sq km	N/A
Coastline	93	660 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	149	514 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	136	109 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	72	2380 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	100	1591 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	3	87	2018
Land use - arable land	93	10	2018
Land use - forest	146	10	2018
Land use - other	176	3	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	5	77	2018
Total renewable water resources	46	172.200 billion	2017
Population Density	188	19.42 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	36	2 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	107	15.14	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	112	39.86	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	79	10.79	N/A
Birth rate	134	12.75 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	10	79.60 %	2015
Current Health Expenditure	21	9 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	47	9.24 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	38	23.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	103	4.30 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	86	54.90 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	110	31.50 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	1	95 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	1	100 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	29	5 % of GDP	2018
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	34	0.40	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	71	12000	2020
Hospital bed density	45	2.40 beds/1,000 population	2017
Infant mortality rate - female	143	7.27 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	141	9.65 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	144	8.48 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	51	81 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	62	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	59	78 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	98	17.00	2017
Median age - female	60	37 years	2020
Median age - male	62	34 years	N/A
Median age - total	58	36 years	N/A
Net migration rate	105	0.88 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	30	27.90 %	2016
Physicians density	10	5.08 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	130	3.398 million	2021
Population growth rate	132	0.26 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	11	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	111	2 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	97	2 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	97	1 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	5	17 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	21	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	26	0.99	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	33	0.89	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	44	0.67 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	107	1.76 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	33	34	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	31	25	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	31	29	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	145	0.40	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	6	96	2021
Transportation
Airports	41	133	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	40	4	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	40	4	2013
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	26	1	2013
Airports - with paved runways - total	67	11	2013
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	33	2	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	27	3	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	24	40	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	28	122	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	23	79	2013
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	97	5.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	69	1673 km	N/A
Roadways - paved	79	7743 km	2010
Roadways - total	51	77732 km	2010
Waterways	46	1600 km	2011

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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