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Uruguay

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Key facts

  • currency: Uruguayan peso
  • capital city: Montevideo
  • region: South America
  • continent: Americas
  • land area: 175,020 km²
  • population: 3,423,108 people
  • political leader: Luis Lacalle Pou (President)
Classified as: place

Location on a map: [-33°0′S, -56°0′W]

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Summary

Uruguay is a country. The capital city is Montevideo, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 175,020 km², a population of 3,423,108 people and uses the currency Uruguayan peso. The President is Luis Lacalle Pou.

Environment

Uruguay is one of the countries in Americas, countries in South America and 194 countries in our database.
  • Agricultural land: 140,696.05 km²
  • Alternative and nuclear energy: 14.75 % of total energy use
  • Carbon dioxide emissions (co2): 8.54 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 60.16 % of total
  • Electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
  • Electricity production from oil sources: 11.44 % of total
  • Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 28.40 % of total
  • Net energy imports: 44.43 % of energy use
  • Fertility rate: 1.48 births per woman
  • Forest area: 20,520 km²
  • Fossil fuel energy consumption: 46.27 % of total
  • Greenhouse gas emissions (co2, ch4, n2o, hfcs, pfcs, sf6): 41.91 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Median age: 31.80
  • Methane emissions: 27.24 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Nitrous oxide emissions: 5.93 Mt of CO2 equivalent
  • Female population: 1,764,016 people
  • Male population: 1,659,092 people
  • Renewable energy consumption: 57.80 % of total final energy consumption
  • Rural land area: 173,706.57 km²
  • Rural population: 144,763 people
  • Urban land area: 1,017.87 km²
  • Urban population: 3,278,345 people
  • Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.90 % of total population

Geographical distribution of cities in Uruguay by population

Evolution of historical electricity production from oil sources in Uruguay

Evolution of historical electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, in Uruguay

Evolution of historical net energy imports in Uruguay

Evolution of historical fertility rate in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between life expectancy at birth and fertility rate over time

Uruguay relationship between median age and fertility rate over time

Evolution of historical forest area in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between rural land area and forest area over time

Evolution of historical fossil fuel energy consumption in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between renewable energy consumption and fossil fuel energy consumption over time

Evolution of historical other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between urban land area and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Uruguay relationship between urban land area and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Uruguay relationship between urban population and greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) over time

Evolution of historical internally displaced persons, by conflict and violence in Uruguay

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Uruguay

Evolution of historical land area in Uruguay

Evolution of historical median age in Uruguay

Evolution of historical methane emissions in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and methane emissions over time

Uruguay relationship between population and methane emissions over time

Uruguay relationship between rural population and methane emissions over time

Uruguay relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and methane emissions over time

Uruguay relationship between urban land area and methane emissions over time

Uruguay relationship between urban population and methane emissions over time

Evolution of historical net migration in Uruguay

Evolution of historical nitrous oxide emissions in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Uruguay relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Uruguay relationship between urban population and nitrous oxide emissions over time

Evolution of historical population in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between urban land area and population over time

Evolution of historical female population in Uruguay

Evolution of historical male population in Uruguay

Evolution of historical renewable energy consumption in Uruguay

Evolution of historical rural land area in Uruguay

Evolution of historical rural population in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between urban land area and rural population over time

Evolution of historical urban land area in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between urban population and urban land area over time

Evolution of historical urban population in Uruguay

Evolution of historical urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between date and population over time

Uruguay relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical agricultural land in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between methane emissions and agricultural land over time

Uruguay relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and agricultural land over time

Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Uruguay

Evolution of historical carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between GDP and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Uruguay relationship between methane emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Uruguay relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Uruguay relationship between urban land area and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Uruguay relationship between urban population and carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) over time

Evolution of historical access to electricity in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between birth rate and access to electricity over time

Uruguay relationship between fertility rate and access to electricity over time

Uruguay relationship between life expectancy at birth and access to electricity over time

Uruguay relationship between renewable energy consumption and access to electricity over time

Uruguay relationship between self-employed workers and access to electricity over time

Uruguay relationship between vulnerable employment and access to electricity over time

Evolution of historical electricity production from coal sources in Uruguay

Evolution of historical electricity production from natural gas sources in Uruguay

Evolution of historical electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Uruguay

Evolution of historical electricity production from nuclear sources in Uruguay

Distribution of sites in Uruguay by inscription year

Geographical distribution of sites in Uruguay by area

Proportion of transboundary sites in Uruguay

Geographical distribution of wildfires in Uruguay by mean width

Relationship between width mean and length mean in Uruguay

Cities in Uruguay

Sites in Uruguay

Wildfires in Uruguay

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Business

  • Central government debt: 62.38 % of GDP
  • Expense: 24.92 % of GDP
  • Gdp: 77,240,831,587.17 current US$
  • Inflation: 5.87 annual %
  • Self-employed workers: 28.35 % of total employment
  • Tax revenue: 18.51 % of GDP
  • Unemployment: 8.35 % of total labor force
  • Vulnerable employment: 24.75 % of total employment

Distribution of companies founded in Uruguay by year

Evolution of historical central government debt in Uruguay

Evolution of historical expense in Uruguay

Evolution of historical GDP in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and GDP over time

Evolution of historical median inflation in Uruguay

Evolution of historical proportion of self-employed workers in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between vulnerable employment and self-employed workers over time

Evolution of historical tax revenue in Uruguay

Evolution of historical unemployment in Uruguay

Evolution of historical vulnerable employment in Uruguay

Proportion of shops per country in Uruguay

Companies from Uruguay

Exchanges in Uruguay

Shops in Uruguay

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Health

  • Birth rate: 10.42 per 1,000 people
  • Death rate: 9.88 per 1,000 people
  • Health expenditure per capita: 1,620.33 current US$
  • Health expenditure: 9.36 % of GDP
  • Incidence of hiv: 0.24 per 1,000 uninfected population
  • Hospital beds: 2.48 per 1,000 people
  • Life expectancy at birth: 78
  • Suicide mortality rate: 21.20 per 100,000 population

Evolution of historical birth rate in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between fertility rate and birth rate over time

Uruguay relationship between life expectancy at birth and birth rate over time

Uruguay relationship between self-employed workers and birth rate over time

Uruguay relationship between vulnerable employment and birth rate over time

Uruguay relationship between median age and birth rate over time

Evolution of historical death rate in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between life expectancy at birth and death rate over time

Evolution of historical health expenditure per capita in Uruguay

Evolution of historical health expenditure in Uruguay

Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Uruguay

Evolution of historical hospital beds in Uruguay

Evolution of historical life expectancy at birth in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between self-employed workers and life expectancy at birth over time

Uruguay relationship between vulnerable employment and life expectancy at birth over time

Evolution of historical suicide mortality rate in Uruguay

Distribution of diseases by first founded year in Uruguay

Proportion of diseases in Uruguay by mortality rate

Distribution of diseases in Uruguay by start date

Evolution of historical cases in Uruguay

Evolution of historical deaths in Uruguay

Relationship between deaths and cases over time in Uruguay

Diseases in Uruguay

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Politics

  • Armed forces personnel: 22,000 people
  • Democracy score: 8.38
  • Democracy type: Full democracy
  • Military expenditure: 1.90 % of GDP
  • Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 26.26 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Uruguay

Uruguay relationship between methane emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Uruguay relationship between nitrous oxide emissions and armed forces personnel over time

Uruguay relationship between population and armed forces personnel over time

Uruguay relationship between rural population and armed forces personnel over time

Uruguay relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) and armed forces personnel over time

Uruguay relationship between urban land area and armed forces personnel over time

Uruguay relationship between urban population and armed forces personnel over time

Evolution of historical military expenditure in Uruguay

Evolution of the historical proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments in Uruguay

Distribution of politicians from Uruguay by birth year

Proportion of politicians per gender in Uruguay

Political parties in Uruguay

Politicians from Uruguay

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Uruguay by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Uruguay

Proportion of competitions per city in Uruguay

Proportion of competitions per country in Uruguay

Distribution of competitions in Uruguay by start date

Proportion of medals won by Uruguay in the Olympics

Athletes from Uruguay

Competitions in Uruguay

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Culture

Distribution of artists from Uruguay by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Uruguay

Geographical distribution of museums in Uruguay by visitors

Artists from Uruguay

Museums in Uruguay

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Research

Geographical distribution of universities in Uruguay by total students

Distribution of universities in Uruguay per foundation year

Universities in Uruguay

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In literature

There are 66 books written about Uruguay in the database

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This dashboard is based on data from: SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders

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