Latin America · URY

Uruguay market indicators

A compact view of economic scale, momentum and digital access. Each card uses the latest observation available from the source.

Capital
Montevideo
Income group
High income
World Bank region
Latin America & Caribbean
Country codes
URY · UY

GDP per capita

$25,216
2025current US$

Economic output per person at current market exchange rates.

GDP growth

1.78%
2025annual %

Annual percentage growth of inflation-adjusted GDP.

Inflation

4.65%
2025annual %

Annual change in consumer prices.

Population

3,384,688
2025people

Total resident population.

Internet use

91.99%
2024% of population

Share of people who used the internet recently.

Unemployment

7.52%
2025% of labor force

Modeled ILO estimate of unemployment.

Trade openness

49.72%
2025% of GDP

Exports plus imports as a share of GDP.

Data-led reading

What the latest series says

Automatically calculated from the observations above; descriptive, not a forecast.

Income trend

$25,216 per person

Uruguay's GDP per capita was $25,216 in 2025. In current-dollar terms it increased by 60.0% from the closest observation around five years earlier; exchange rates and inflation are part of that movement.

Economic pulse

1.78% real growth

Real GDP growth was 1.78% in 2025. Consumer-price inflation was 4.65% in 2025 and modeled unemployment was 7.52% in 2025. These series may refer to different reporting years.

Digital reach

91.99% online

Internet use reached 91.99% of the population in 2024, while fixed broadband subscriptions were 33.04 per 100 people in 2024. A subscription can serve multiple users, so the measures answer different questions.

People & connections

3,384,688 residents

The population contracted at -0.06% in 2025. Life expectancy was 78.29 years, while exports plus imports equaled 49.72% of GDP in their respective latest observations.

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