Reference Data in Uruguay

3,890 indicators covering reference data for Uruguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Number of children under 5 175,413 people 2023 down 24.7% 142nd
Equal rights of inheritance for sons and daughters when no will is left 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total dependency ratio 52.5% 2023 down 6.4% 147th
Old-age dependency ratio 24.0% 2023 up 6.7% 68th
Age dependency breakdown 24.0% 2023 up 6.7% 68th
Number of 1-year-olds, by sex 16,422 people 2023 down 27.6% 142nd
Air passengers 563,632 2009 down 5.0% 117th
Dietary compositions by commodity group 60.78 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 up 10.3% 94th
Median age 35.78 years 2023 up 6.2% 94th
Net official development assistance and official aid received 740,000 constant 2023 US$ 2021 down 95.9% 167th
15_Debt securities held by nonresidents, total, short term, annual 33.57 % change on previous year 2025 up 154.3% 30th
Armed forces personnel as a share of total population 0.6% 2020 down 15.6% 45th
Armed forces personnel 22,000 2020 down 13.5% 100th
Number of people living in the capital city 863,369 people 2100 down 9.8% 122nd
Meaningful democratic electoral institutions, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Ratio of business trips to trips for personal reasons 0.0871 ratio 2021 up 16.4% 118th
Annual new cases of neonatal tetanus per million people 0 cases per million 2024 63rd
Net food imports by crop - Rice, broken -40,840 2014 down 47.0% 134th
Total Reserves, per square kilometre 0.0927 units per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% 74th
Industry jobs as a share of total employment 18.8% 2025 up 0.0% 98th
Prevalence rate of hypertension in adults aged 30-79 42.4 2019 up 1.0% 53rd
Nitrogen use efficiency 62.2% 2014 up 78.7% 66th
Share of men defined as underweight, healthy, overweight and obese 0.8% 2014 down 38.5% 136th
Wildfire area burned by land cover type, per square kilometre 0.0011 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% 66th
Area burned by wildfires by land cover type, per square kilometre 0.0412 hectares per square kilometre 2023 up 3.1% 89th
Share of children who are overweight or obese 13.5% 2024 up 42.1% 11th
Commercial bank branches 8.6 per 100,000 adults 2024 down 30.5% 112th
Years a country was a European overseas colony, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2022 1st
Share of government spending going to interest payments 6.4% 2023 down 16.3% 78th
Reported versus estimated cases of polio 0 cases 2023 26th
Paralytic polio: estimated cases by world region 0 cases 2023 26th
Reported cases of paralytic polio by world region 0 cases 2023 26th
Reported paralytic polio cases per million 0 cases per million 2023 26th
Reported cases of paralytic polio 0 cases 2023 26th
Malnutrition: Number of children who are stunted 11,100 2024 down 43.4% 123rd
IPAC Dashboard indicators — Geothermal 0 Index 2024 37th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - LULUCF -1,767 2019 up 82.3% 172nd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Land Use change 0 2019 115th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - AFOLU -1,767 2019 up 82.3% 172nd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - LULUCF -1,760 2019 up 82.3% 172nd
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Land Use change 0 2019 127th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per square 0.1474 units per square kilometre 2019 up 29.7% 40th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - AFOLU, per capita 0.0076 units per person 2019 up 26.4% 11th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Savanna fires 0.0163 2019 down 36.6% 90th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - LULUCF 0.0125 2019 up 1,036.4% 77th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Land Use change 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Fires in humid tropical forests 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Forest fires 0.0125 2019 up 1,036.4% 77th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Savanna fires 4.31 2019 down 36.6% 90th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - LULUCF 3.31 2019 up 1,000.1% 77th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Land Use change 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Fires in humid 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Forest fires 3.31 2019 up 1,000.1% 77th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 6th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Savanna fires 0.1783 2019 down 36.6% 90th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - LULUCF 0.1368 2019 up 1,003.2% 77th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Land Use change 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in humid tropical forests 0 2019 70th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Fires in organic soils 0 2019 6th
Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Forest fires 0.1368 2019 up 1,003.2% 77th