Country profile · URY
Uruguay
Region · Latin America & Caribbean Population · 3.4M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 0.6%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 19 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 1.41
- Expected years of schooling
- 17.5 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 76%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 24% / 18%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.41
- Urban population
- 96%
- Employment in agriculture
- 9%
- Internet use
- 91%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.10%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 9.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 13.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 16%
- Women married before age 18
- 25%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 6.61
Religion
- Christianity57%
- No religion41%
- Other religions2%
Major cities
- Montevideo
Common hazards
- Drought
Common migration destinations
- Argentina
- Spain