Argentina’s coastline is 7.6 times as long as Uruguay’s

Argentina: 4,989 km (2026 edition) · Uruguay: 660 km (2026 edition)

Argentina’s highest peak towers 6,448 m above Uruguay’s

Argentina: 6,962 m (2026 edition) · Uruguay: 514 m (2026 edition)

Farmland covers 87% of Uruguay, versus 30% of Argentina

Argentina: 29.5% (2024) · Uruguay: 87.4% (2024)

Argentina has 14 times as many people as Uruguay

Argentina: 45.9 million (2025) · Uruguay: 3.38 million (2025)

Uruguay is 15% more densely populated than Argentina

Argentina: 17 per km² (2025) · Uruguay: 19 per km² (2025)

The typical person in Uruguay is 3.7 years older than in Argentina

Argentina: 32.1 years (2023) · Uruguay: 35.8 years (2023)

Women in Argentina have 0.1 more children on average than in Uruguay

Argentina: 1.5 children per woman (2024) · Uruguay: 1.4 children per woman (2024)

16% of people in Uruguay are 65 or older, versus 13% in Argentina

Argentina: 12.6% (2025) · Uruguay: 16.3% (2025)

Uruguay hosts 8.8 times as many refugees per resident as Argentina

Argentina: 0.1 per 1,000 (2025) · Uruguay: 0.9 per 1,000 (2025)

Argentina has produced 0.9 Nobel laureates per 10 million people, Uruguay none

Argentina: 0.9 (2026) · Uruguay: 0 (2026)

Argentina has 2 official languages, Uruguay 1

Argentina: 2 (2026) · Uruguay: 1 (2026)

Argentina’s economy is 8 times the size of Uruguay’s

Argentina: $683 billion (2025) · Uruguay: $85.3 billion (2025)

Uruguay produces 18% more per person than Argentina

Argentina: Int$32,587 (2025) · Uruguay: Int$38,315 (2025)

Income is more unequally shared in Argentina than in Uruguay (Gini 2.4 points higher)

Argentina: 42.4 (2024) · Uruguay: 40 (2024)

1.0% of people in Argentina live on less than $3 a day, versus 0.2% in Uruguay

Argentina: 1% (2024) · Uruguay: 0.2% (2024)

Uruguay and Argentina are practically level

Argentina: 7.1% (2025) · Uruguay: 7.5% (2025)

Uruguay spends 2.3% of its GDP on the military, Argentina 0.6%

Argentina: 0.6% (2025) · Uruguay: 2.3% (2025)

Uruguay’s central government collects 18% of GDP in tax, Argentina’s 10%

Argentina: 10.4% (2024) · Uruguay: 17.9% (2024)

Uruguay’s price level (US = 100) is 1.4× Argentina’s

Argentina: 46% (2025) · Uruguay: 66% (2025)

Uruguay spends 42% more on health per person than Argentina

Argentina: $1,457 (2023) · Uruguay: $2,076 (2023)

A baby in Argentina is 29% more likely to die before turning one than in Uruguay

Argentina: 8 per 1,000 (2024) · Uruguay: 6.2 per 1,000 (2024)

Argentina has 9% more doctors per person than Uruguay

Argentina: 5.1 per 1,000 (2023) · Uruguay: 4.7 per 1,000 (2022)

Argentina has 38% more hospital beds per person than Uruguay

Argentina: 3.4 per 1,000 (2022) · Uruguay: 2.4 per 1,000 (2023)

The suicide rate in Uruguay is 2 times that in Argentina

Argentina: 11.2 per 100k (2023) · Uruguay: 22.2 per 100k (2023)

38% of adults in Argentina are obese, versus 36% in Uruguay

Argentina: 38.1% (2024) · Uruguay: 36.3% (2024)

24% of adults in Argentina smoke, versus 19% in Uruguay

Argentina: 23.5% (2024) · Uruguay: 19.3% (2024)

People in Uruguay rate their lives 0.21 points higher than in Argentina

Argentina: 6.43 (2025) · Uruguay: 6.64 (2025)

Adults in Argentina drink 21% more alcohol than in Uruguay

Argentina: 7.1 litres (2023) · Uruguay: 5.8 litres (2023)

Argentina has 66% more meat per person than Uruguay

Argentina: 115 kg (2023) · Uruguay: 69.3 kg (2023)

Argentina has 38 kcal more food per person per day than Uruguay

Argentina: 3,360 kcal (2023) · Uruguay: 3,323 kcal (2023)

Workers in Argentina put in 131 more hours a year than in Uruguay

Argentina: 1,612 hours (2023) · Uruguay: 1,481 hours (2023)

Adults in Argentina went to school 0.64 years longer than in Uruguay

Argentina: 11.2 years (2023) · Uruguay: 10.5 years (2023)

Uruguay welcomed 6.2 times as many tourists per resident as Argentina (2019)

Argentina: 0.14 (2024) · Uruguay: 0.9 (2019)

Argentina has 9 more World Heritage sites than Uruguay (12 against 3)

Argentina: 12 (2026) · Uruguay: 3 (2026)

Argentina has won 80 Olympic medals, Uruguay 10

Argentina: 80 (2026 edition) · Uruguay: 10 (2026 edition)

92% of people in Uruguay are online, versus 90% in Argentina

Argentina: 90% (2024) · Uruguay: 92% (2024)

Home internet in Uruguay is 23% faster than in Argentina

Argentina: 192 Mbps (2026) · Uruguay: 237 Mbps (2026)

100% of people in Uruguay have electricity, versus 98% in Argentina

Argentina: 98.4% (2024) · Uruguay: 100% (2024)

96% of people in Uruguay live in cities, versus 92% in Argentina

Argentina: 92% (2025) · Uruguay: 96% (2025)

Uruguay has 146 mobile subscriptions per 100 people, Argentina 140

Argentina: 140 (2024) · Uruguay: 146 (2024)

Argentina’s railway network is 12 times as long as Uruguay’s

Argentina: 17,866 km (2019) · Uruguay: 1,498 km (2021)

Argentina: 0.46 (2023) · Uruguay: no data

Forest covers 17% of Argentina, but only 11% of Uruguay

Argentina: 17.1% (2024) · Uruguay: 11.5% (2024)

The average person in Argentina emits 59% more CO₂ than someone in Uruguay

Argentina: 3.7 t (2024) · Uruguay: 2.4 t (2024)

98% of Uruguay’s electricity is renewable, versus 35% in Argentina

Argentina: 34.6% (2025) · Uruguay: 97.8% (2025)

The air in Argentina carries 22% more fine dust than in Uruguay

Argentina: 14.5 µg/m³ (2024) · Uruguay: 11.9 µg/m³ (2024)

You are 2.5 times as likely to be murdered in Uruguay as in Argentina

Argentina: 4.5 per 100k (2023) · Uruguay: 11.2 per 100k (2023)

Roads in Uruguay are 12% deadlier than in Argentina

Argentina: 16.3 per 100k (2023) · Uruguay: 18.3 per 100k (2023)

Uruguay is on average 2.6 °C warmer than Argentina

Argentina: 15.1°C (2016–2025 avg) · Uruguay: 17.7°C (2016–2025 avg)

Uruguay gets 78% more rain than Argentina

Argentina: 670 mm (2016–2025 avg) · Uruguay: 1,196 mm (2016–2025 avg)