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Uruguay

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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)

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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.

Location on a map: [-33°0′S, -56°0′W]

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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
Access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
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

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Evolution of historical agricultural land in Uruguay

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Evolution of historical alternative and nuclear energy in Uruguay

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Sites in Uruguay

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Geographical distribution of wildfires in Uruguay by mean width

Wildfires in Uruguay

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Politics

Armed forces personnel: 22,000 people
Democracy score: 8.38
Democracy type: Full democracy
Individuals using the internet: 89.87 % of population
Military expenditure: 1.90 % of GDP
Net migration: -1,500 people
Press freedom: 4.87
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 26.26 %

Evolution of historical armed forces personnel in Uruguay

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

Evolution of historical individuals using the Internet in Uruguay

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Evolution of historical net migration in Uruguay

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

Political parties in Uruguay

Distribution of politicians from Uruguay by birth year

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Politicians from 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

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Evolution of historical inflation in Uruguay

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Exchanges in Uruguay

Proportion of shops per country 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

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Evolution of historical incidence of HIV in Uruguay

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Diseases 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

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Sports

Distribution of athletes from Uruguay by birth year

Proportion of athletes per gender in Uruguay

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Proportion of competitions per city in Uruguay

Competitions 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

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Culture

Artists from Uruguay

Distribution of artists from Uruguay by birth year

Proportion of artists per gender in Uruguay

Geographical distribution of museums in Uruguay by visitors

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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