International Rankings of Uruguay 2024, 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	23	31.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	73	1.064 million	2020
Internet users - percent of population	15	90.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	117	3.060 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	36.00	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	66	1.259 million	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	24	140.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	127	4.700 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	48	1.30 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	62	18.60 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	76	17.571 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget - revenues	79	14.991 billion US Dollars	2020
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	64	3.50 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	136	1.073 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	75	43.705 billion US Dollars	2019
Exchange rates	70	43.56	N/A
Exports	90	18.820 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	85	56.108 billion US Dollars	2019
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	145	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	82	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	110	16.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	64	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	96	24.10 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	61	69.70 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	45	40 %	2020
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	56	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	102	15.051 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	73	5.87 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	38	7.75 %	2021
Labor force	132	1.702 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	142	9 %	2019
Public debt	78	60.40 % of GDP	2020
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	99	78.121 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	100	4.37 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	79	22800 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	70	16.963 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	98	18.55 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	63	10.45 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	33	38.70 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	33	28.30 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	27	32.90 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	112	190000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	110	6.259 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	130	6.450 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	95	11.462 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	57	1.148 billion kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	85	515.000 million kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	84	5.348 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	101	1.330 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	7	21.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	153	2.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	60	30.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	35	3.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	2	42.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	85	66.909 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	110	96.872 million cubic meters	2019
Natural gas - imports	79	96.872 million cubic meters	2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	57	41500 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	107	50200 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	102	400 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - imports	151	9591 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	83	42220 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	116	7 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	56	26 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	163	8 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	3	87	2018
Land use - arable land	95	10	2018
Land use - forest	148	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	4	77	2018
Revenue from forest resources	41	2 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	49	172.200 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	61	3.170 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	85	80.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	76	410.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	147	0.40	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	6	96	2023
Geography
Area - land	91	175015 sq km	N/A
Area - total	93	176215 sq km	N/A
Area - water	105	1200 sq km	N/A
Coastline	96	660 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	156	514 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	138	109 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	72	2380 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	102	1591 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	3	87	2018
Land use - arable land	95	10	2018
Land use - forest	148	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	4	77	2018
Population Density	200	19.52 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	40	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	81	2 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	93	1 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	75	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	24	3 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	110	12.70 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	79	2 %	2018
Contraceptive prevalence rate	8	79.60 %	2015
Current health expenditure	29	9 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	87	55 %	2023
Death rate	36	9.10 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	45	23.70 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	113	4.20 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	98	53.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	123	29.90 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	40	5 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	84	0.86 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	125	7.00 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	122	9.30 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	125	8.10 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	39	82 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	50	76 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	43	79 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	11	99 %	2019
Literacy - male	14	99 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	12	99 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	103	19.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	63	38 years	N/A
Median age - male	68	35 years	N/A
Median age - total	60	36 years	2023
Net migration rate	68	0.90 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	30	27.90 %	2016
Physicians density	13	4.94 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	132	3.416 million	2023
Population growth rate	132	0.27 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	8	99 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	113	1 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	87	1 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	25	0.98 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	45	0.68 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	10	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	111	1.75 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	147	0.40	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	6	96	2023
Transportation
Airports	72	64	2024
Heliports	63	3	2024
Merchant marine - total	105	58	2023
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	51	1673 km	2016
Roadways - paved	55	7743 km	2010
Roadways - total	38	77732 km	2010
Waterways	50	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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