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Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Capital Montevideo
Languages Spanish
Currency Uruguayan peso
People 3.38 million (2025)
Neighbours 2 Greetings from
Uruguay
3rd highest farmland 87.4% · #3 of 205 · 2024 12th highest renewable electricity 97.8% · #12 of 201 · 2025 13th highest doctors 4.7 per 1,000 · #13 of 190 · 2022 URY COUNTRYDUEL
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Picked for surprise among Uruguay’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Uruguay among 213 countries & territories Each dot shows where Uruguay sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
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Total area 176,215 km² 89th of 205 2024 Coastline 660 km 90th of 213 2026 edition Highest point 514 m 178th of 213 2026 edition Forest cover 11.5% 158th of 207 2024 Farmland 87.4% 3rd of 205 2024 Population 3.38 million 133rd of 210 2025 Population density 19 per km² 181st of 209 2025 Height of men 174.3 cm 84th of 196 2019 Height of women 161.6 cm 80th of 196 2019 Median age 35.8 years 76th of 213 2023 Fertility rate 1.4 children per woman 173rd of 210 2024 Aged 65 and over 16.3% 58th of 210 2025 Refugees hosted per 1,000 residents 0.9 per 1,000 88th of 181 2025 Economy size (GDP) $85.3 billion 85th of 207 2025 GDP per person (PPP) Int$38,315 65th of 198 2025 Income inequality (Gini) 40 38th of 155 2024 Extreme poverty ($3.00 a day) 0.2% 115th of 142 2024 Unemployment 7.5% 59th of 186 2025 Health spending per person $2,076 39th of 193 2023 Military spending 2.3% 52nd of 161 2025 Tax revenue (central government) 17.9% 67th of 150 2024 Life expectancy 78.3 years 62nd of 210 2024 Infant mortality 6.2 per 1,000 139th of 194 2024 Doctors 4.7 per 1,000 13th of 190 2022 Hospital beds 2.4 per 1,000 77th of 158 2023 Suicide rate 22.2 per 100k 10th of 185 2023 Adult obesity 36.3% 31st of 195 2024 Smoking 19.3% 83rd of 166 2024 Life satisfaction 6.64 32nd of 163 2025 Alcohol consumption 5.8 litres 84th of 195 2023 Meat supply 69.3 kg 66th of 189 2023 Daily calories 3,323 kcal 49th of 189 2023 Working hours 1,481 hours 121st of 130 2023 Years of schooling 10.5 years 82nd of 193 2023 Internet users 92% 49th of 208 2024 Fixed broadband download speed 237 Mbps 57th of 197 2026 Access to electricity 100% 1st of 209 2024 Urban population 96% 15th of 210 2025 Mobile subscriptions 146 32nd of 208 2024 CO₂ per person 2.4 t 115th of 203 2024 Renewable electricity 97.8% 12th of 201 2025 Air pollution (PM2.5) 11.9 µg/m³ 147th of 213 2024 Homicide rate 11.2 per 100k 27th of 160 2023 Road deaths 18.3 per 100k 95th of 185 2023 Average temperature 17.7°C 120th of 187 2016–2025 avg Rainfall 1,196 mm 72nd of 187 2016–2025 avg Nobel laureates per 10 million people 0 79th of 160 2026 Railway network 1,498 km 80th of 133 2021 Tourists per resident 0.9 56th of 179 2019 Official languages 1 87th of 213 2026 Price level (US = 100) 66% 48th of 198 2025 World Heritage sites 3 94th of 195 2026 Olympic medals (all time) 10 79th of 202 2026 edition
World twins The countries most like Uruguay across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
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