🇺🇾 Uruguay
Latin America & Caribbean · Capital: Montevideo
Money4.2 / 10
Safety2.1 / 10
Health7.6 / 10
Quality of life6.7 / 10
Passport7.3 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money4.2 / 10
Purchasing power57.358 of 89Numbeo
GDP per capita, PPP$38,31566 of 200World Bank · NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD · 2025
GNI per capita$24,02061 of 204World Bank · NY.GNP.PCAP.CD · 2025
GDP growth1.8 %153 of 212World Bank · NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG · 2025
Inflation4.7 %142 of 190World Bank · FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG · 2025
Unemployment7.5 %129 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
Income inequality (Gini)40.0114 of 151World Bank · SI.POV.GINI · 2024
Central government debt65.3 % GDP43 of 65World Bank · GC.DOD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2024
Reserves$19B68 of 177World Bank · FI.RES.TOTL.CD · 2025
Local purchasing power56.873 of 151Numbeo
◈Safety2.1 / 10
Safety (survey)47.375 of 89Numbeo
Crime52.7106 of 148Numbeo
Homicides per 100k11.2133 of 163World Bank · VC.IHR.PSRC.P5 · 2023
✚Health7.6 / 10
Health care (survey)69.031 of 89Numbeo
Health care, expense-adjusted12534 of 101Numbeo
Life expectancy78.3 yr65 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 10006.257 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Health spending per capita$2,07639 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.PC.CD · 2023
Health spending9.0 % GDP44 of 193World Bank · SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS · 2023
Physicians per 10004.713 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2022
Hospital beds per 10002.477 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2023
☀Quality of life6.7 / 10
Quality of life14147 of 89Numbeo
Pollution42.431 of 115Numbeo
Purity75.683 of 115Numbeo
Climate98.01 of 89Numbeo
Traffic commute time39.268 of 89Numbeo
Internet users92.0 %49 of 208World Bank · IT.NET.USER.ZS · 2024
Education spending4.8 % GDP68 of 190World Bank · SE.XPD.TOTL.GD.ZS · 2023
Urban population95.7 %17 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
Price to income ratio12.456 of 89Numbeo
Mortgage to income4.040 of 108Numbeo
◍Prices
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⇄Trade
Exports of goods and services$23B88 of 188World Bank · NE.EXP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Imports of goods and services$19B95 of 188World Bank · NE.IMP.GNFS.CD · 2025
Trade to GDP49.7 %150 of 188World Bank · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025
Foreign direct investment$1B95 of 201World Bank · BX.KLT.DINV.CD.WD · 2025
Inbound tourism3.5M ppl50 of 196World Bank · ST.INT.ARVL · 2019
☗People and environment
Population3.4M133 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth-0.06 %173 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.4178 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10014634 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2024
Access to electricity100 %114 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita2.6 t103 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy57.8 %41 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
Military spending2.3 % GDP114 of 156World Bank · MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS · 2024
▤Passport7.3 / 10
No visa needed in advance137 of 19853 of 199
Visa free97 of 198
Visa on arrival34 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)6 of 198
E-visa32 of 198
Visa required29 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not
How to get the passport
Years of residence5 years5 лет прожить. 3 года если живете в супружестве (любом, не обязательно с гражданином) или ребёнком/детьми.
- 5 лет прожить. 3 года если живете в супружестве (любом, не обязательно с гражданином) или ребёнком/детьми.
- Есть МАЛЕНЬКИЙ нюанс: национальность Уругвая невозможно получить по натурализации. Выдаётся "законное гражданство". Этот важный момент может вызывать вопросы в аэропортах. Сильно не выяснял, кто знает тонкости - сообщите.
- Двойное предположительно разрешено.
Sources
источник жив · text from the old site, February 2023