Get to know Uruguay

Official Name: República Oriental del Uruguay
Capital city: Montevideo
Geographical Location: South America, borders with Argentina and Brazil
Total surface: 318.413 sq kmts (176.215 terrestrial, 142.198 maritime and jurisdictional waters)
Population: 3,44 million (1,37 million in Montevideo)
Life expectancy: 77 years
Literacy index: 98%
Currency: peso uruguayo
Government: democratic republic with a presidential system
Political division: 19 departments
President: Dr. Luis Lacalle Pou
Time zone: GMT -3:00 (in summer time October-March GMT -2:00)
Official Language: Spanish
Country code: +598
Internet domain: .uy
Mobile phone users: 159,2 each 100 inhabitants
Internet users (daily): 66,3% of the population

Main economic indicators of Uruguay

	2018	2019	2020	2021	Ref. 2021
GDP (change %)	0,5	0,4	-5,9	3,5	estimate MEF
GDP (millons US$)	64.431	61.176	53.575	58.214	to sep
Per capita GDP (US$)	18.377	17.387	15.173	19.217	to sep
Exports goods and services (millons US$)	17.099	17.086	13.579	17.205	to sep
Imports goods and services (millons US$)	13.830	13.328	11.205	13.656	to sep
Gov.structural balance (% GDP)	-3,9	-4,4	-6,00	-4,40	nov/21
Gross debt (% GDP)	59,6	60,8	74,5	73,3	sep/21
Unemployment rate (annual av. % EAP)	8,3	8,9	10,4	7,4	nov/21
Exchange rate ($ per US$, annual av.)	30,8	35,3	42,1	43,6	dec/21
Exchange rate (annual av. % change)	7,3	14,7	19,2	3,7	dec/21
Consumer Prices Index (annual change)	8,0	8,8	9,4	7,9	nov/21
Source: Uruguay XXI, INE y BCU