Refugees
51,316refugees and others in need of protection hosted, 2025
662from it, abroad, 2025
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder2025
Country page · Updated 13 Nov 2026
Uruguay
Uruguay has 3.4 m people (World Bank, 2025) and an economy of $85 bn a year (World Bank, 2025). It imports all of the gas it uses (EIA, 2024, preliminary).
Written automatically from the figures on this page.
- Population
- 3.4 m (2025)
Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:50m, which shows who controls an area in practice. Borders shown do not imply endorsement.
- GDPUS$85.3billion83rd of 186World Bank · 2025
- Population3.4million133rd of 216World Bank · 2025
- GDP per personUS$25,21651st of 186World Bank · 2025
- Military, % GDP2.3% of GDP44th of 150World Bank · 2025
- CO2 per person2.4t124th of 213Global Carbon Budget · 2024
Dependencies at a glance
Uruguay imports all of the gas it uses; it exports wheat.
Imports mostImports someLow net tradeExporter
| Resource | Dependence | Position | Main partners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | Imports most | Imports 97% of the oil it usesEIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Brazil → Uruguay as reported by the exporter | Brazil, United States, Nigeria |
| Natural gas | Imports most | Imports all of the gas it uses PreliminaryEIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | Argentina |
| Wheat | Exporter | Exports exceed recorded supply EstimateExports can come from an earlier harvest or stocks; FAOSTAT’s yearly figures do not separate themFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023 | Brazil (buyers) |
| Maize | Low net trade | Imports 1.2% of the maize it uses EstimateFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023 | Paraguay, Argentina |
| Rice | Exporter | Exports 87% of what it produces EstimateFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023 | Brazil, Mexico, Panama (buyers) |
| Soybeans | Exporter | Exports 85% of what it producesFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023 | Italy (buyers) |
| Potash | Imports most | Imports all of its potash supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | Russia, Canada, Israel |
| Phosphate | Imports most | Imports all of its phosphate supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | China, Morocco, Russia |
| Arms | Supplier concentration only | Main supplier: United States, 36% of importsSIPRI, 2021–2025 | United States, Brazil, South Korea |
| Chips | Supplier concentration only | Main supplier: Brazil, 35% of importsUN Comtrade, 2025 | Brazil, China, United States |
Dependence is net imports: imports minus exports, as a share of what the country uses; for potash and phosphate, of its supply (production plus net imports). Arms and chips show supplier concentration only: the main supplier’s share of imports (arms: five-year totals of deliveries in SIPRI’s trend-indicator value, SIPRI’s measure of military capability delivered, not price or number of weapons).
- OilImports most
Imports 97% of the oil it uses
Main partners: Brazil, United States, Nigeria
EIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Brazil → Uruguay as reported by the exporter
- Natural gasImports most
Imports all of the gas it uses Preliminary
Main partners: Argentina
EIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
- WheatExporter
Exports exceed recorded supply Estimate
Exports can come from an earlier harvest or stocks; FAOSTAT’s yearly figures do not separate them
Main partners: Brazil (buyers)
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023
- MaizeLow net trade
Imports 1.2% of the maize it uses Estimate
Main partners: Paraguay, Argentina
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023
- RiceExporter
Exports 87% of what it produces Estimate
Main partners: Brazil, Mexico, Panama (buyers)
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023
- SoybeansExporter
Exports 85% of what it produces
Main partners: Italy (buyers)
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023
- PotashImports most
Imports all of its potash supply Estimate
Main partners: Russia, Canada, Israel
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
- PhosphateImports most
Imports all of its phosphate supply Estimate
Main partners: China, Morocco, Russia
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
- ArmsSupplier concentration only
Main supplier: United States, 36% of imports
Main partners: United States, Brazil, South Korea
SIPRI, 2021–2025
- ChipsSupplier concentration only
Main supplier: Brazil, 35% of imports
Main partners: Brazil, China, United States
UN Comtrade, 2025
Source: EIA; FAOSTAT; SIPRI; UN Comtradeyear in each rowUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Dependencies toolMoney and reserves
Uruguay’s economy produced $85 bn in 2025.
GDP, 2000–2025
Source: World Bank Indicators2000–2025Updated 13 Nov 2026
Economic growth1.8%2025 · 140th of 186 · World Bank
Inflation4.7%2025 · 39th of 169 · World Bank
Unemployment7.5%2025 · 54th of 181 · World Bank
ReservesUS$17.4billion2024 · 66th of 164 · World Bank
Trade51% of GDP2024 · 129th of 172 · World Bank
Foreign investment inUS$1.94billion2025 · 69th of 200 · World Bank
People
Uruguay had 3.4 m people in 2025.
Population, 1950–2100
Projection: UN projection, medium variant, after 2023Range between the UN low- and high-fertility scenarios
Source: UN World Population ProspectsUpdated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Uruguay’s population by age
1950200020502100
Source: UN World Population Prospects1950–2100Updated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Births per woman1.412023 · 192nd of 237 · UN WPP 2024
Median age35.82023 · 94th of 237 · UN WPP 2024
Aged 65 and over16%2025, Projection, medium variant · UN WPP 2024
Technology and space
Satellites owned in Uruguay numbered 1 at the end of 2026.
Climate and hazards
Uruguay emitted 8.0 Mt of CO2 from fossil fuels and cement in 2024.
Uruguay’s CO2 emissions, million tonnes, 1990–2024
Source: Our World in Data CO21990–2024Updated 13 Nov 2026
CO2 emissions8Mt2024 · 119th of 214 · Global Carbon Budget
CO2 per person2.4t2024 · 124th of 213 · Global Carbon Budget
CO2 since 1750477Mt2024 · 105th of 214 · Global Carbon Budget
Water stress1.82023 · 78th of 164 · WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)
More figures
Shown only where a source covers Uruguay.
Sanctions
2entries on the US, EU and UK lists give it as an address or nationality: US 2
Counts entries (people, companies, ships and aircraft), not how strict the measures are.
Source: US CSL; EU sanctions list; UK Sanctions ListUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Chinese loans and grants
US$323millioncommitted by Chinese state lenders, 2000–2021
Source: AidData Chinese development finance2000–2021
Cyber incidents
7publicly known incidents affecting Uruguay, 2000–2024
Counts compare documented incidents, not how often a country is targeted. Who they were attributed to
Source: EuRepoC Global Dataset of Cyber Incidents 1.3.2 (4 Mar 2025), CC BY-NC 4.02000–2024
All figures
53 measures on this site have a recent figure for Uruguay.
| GDP | $85 bn | 2025 | 83rd of 186 | World Bank |
| GDP per person | $25,216 | 2025 | 51st of 186 | World Bank |
| Economic growth | 1.8% | 2025 | 140th of 186 | World Bank |
| Inflation | 4.7% | 2025 | 39th of 169 | World Bank |
| Government debt | 66% | 2025 | 62nd of 191 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Government budget balance | −3.4% | 2025 | 120th of 195 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Current account balance | −0.5% | 2025 | 82nd of 194 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Unemployment | 7.5% | 2025 | 54th of 181 | World Bank |
| Reserves, including gold | $17 bn | 2024 | 66th of 164 | World Bank |
| Trade | 51% | 2024 | 129th of 172 | World Bank |
| Foreign investment in | $1.9 bn | 2025 | 69th of 200 | World Bank |
| Remittances received | 0.2% | 2024 | 140th of 162 | World Bank |
| Population | 3.4 m | 2025 | 133rd of 216 | World Bank |
| Population with UN projections | 3.4 m | 2023 | 134th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Births per woman | 1.41 | 2023 | 192nd of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Median age | 35.8 | 2023 | 94th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Life expectancy | 78.1 | 2023 | 73rd of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Refugees from the country | 662 | 2025 | 142nd of 206 | UNHCR |
| Refugees and others needing protection, by host | 51,316 | 2025 | 80th of 176 | UNHCR |
| Refugees hosted per 1,000 people | 15.2 | 2025 | 49th of 176 | UNHCR |
| Crude oil production | 0 kb/d | 2025 | 100th of 214 | EIA |
| Oil consumption | 55 kb/d | 2024 | 103rd of 212 | EIA |
| Natural gas production | Preliminary | 2024 | 97th of 213 | EIA |
| Natural gas consumption | 0.1 bcm | 2024 | 113th of 213 | EIA |
| Electricity generated | 13 TWh | 2024 | 101st of 193 | Ember |
| Low-carbon electricity | 99% | 2024 | 9th of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from coal | 0% | 2024 | 82nd of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from wind and solar | 43% | 2024 | 9th of 193 | Ember |
| Wheat production | 1.3 Mt | 2024 | 45th of 123 | FAOSTAT |
| Wheat imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 160th of 180 | FAOSTAT |
| Maize production | 0.6 Mt | 2024 | 75th of 169 | FAOSTAT |
| Maize imports | 0.2 Mt | 2024 | 77th of 196 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice production | 0.9 Mt | 2024 | 37th of 135 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 161st of 197 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean production | 3.1 Mt | 2024 | 11th of 108 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean imports | 0.1 Mt | 2024 | 56th of 179 | FAOSTAT |
| Potash fertiliser use | 0.09 Mt | 2024 | 37th of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| Phosphate fertiliser use | 0.09 Mt | 2024 | 40th of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| CO2 emissions | 8 Mt | 2024 | 119th of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 per person | 2.4 t | 2024 | 124th of 213 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 emitted since 1750 | 477 Mt | 2024 | 105th of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| Net CO2 imports through trade | 41% | 2023 | 35th of 120 | Global Carbon Budget |
| Water stress | 1.8 | 2023 | 78th of 164 | WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0) |
| Water from abroad | 46% | 2023 | 43rd of 193 | FAO AQUASTAT |
| Military spending, share of GDP | 2.3% | 2025 | 44th of 150 | World Bank |
| Military spending | $2.0 bn | 2025 | 64th of 150 | World Bank |
| Arms imports | 1 TIV m | 2025 | 105th of 108 | SIPRI |
| Satellites in orbit | 1 | 2026 | 64th of 81 | Orbital data from CelesTrak |
| People using the internet | 92% | 2024 | 47th of 182 | World Bank |
| ICT service exports | $1.5 bn | 2024 | 58th of 162 | World Bank |
| ICT service exports, share of service exports | 21% | 2024 | 22nd of 162 | World Bank |
| Sanctions list entries (US, EU, UK) | 2 | 2026 | 155th of 181 | US CSL |
| Chinese loans and grants committed | $23 m | 2021 | 72nd of 122 | AidData, Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset 3.0 |
Sources for this page
- World Bank IndicatorsGDP, GDP per person, Economic growth, Inflation, Unemployment, Reserves, …
- IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026Debt, Budget balance, Current account
- UN World Population ProspectsPopulation (UN), Births per woman, Median age, Life expectancy
- UNHCR Refugee Data FinderRefugees from, Refugees hosted, Refugees per 1,000
- U.S. Energy Information AdministrationOil output, Oil use, Gas output, Gas use, Dependencies at a glance
- Ember electricity dataElectricity, Low-carbon electricity, Electricity from coal, Electricity from wind and solar
- FAOSTATWheat production, Wheat imports, Maize production, Maize imports, Rice production, Rice imports, …
- Our World in Data CO2CO2 emissions, CO2 per person, CO2 since 1750, Net CO2 imports through trade
- WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)Water stress
- FAO AQUASTATWater from abroad
- SIPRI Arms Transfers DatabaseArms imports, Dependencies at a glance
- CelesTrak SATCATSatellites in orbit
- US Consolidated Screening ListSanctions list entries, Sanctions
- AidData Chinese development financeChinese loans and grants
- UN ComtradeDependencies at a glance
- EU financial sanctions listSanctions
- UK Sanctions ListSanctions
- EuRepoC cyber incidentsCyber incidents
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