Official Name: | The Oriental Republic of Uruguay |
Sovereign Status: | Sovereign Country |
Government Type: | Presidential Republic |
Official Name (Local Language): | Republica Oriental del Uruguay |
ISO Country Codes: | UY : URY |
Internet Domain: | .uy |
Government Web Site: | http://www.presidencia.gub.uy |
Capital: | Montevideo | Main Airports: | Carrasco International Airport |
Language(s): | Spanish | Population: | 3,398,239 |
Currency: | Uruguayan Peso | ISO Currency Code: | UYU |
Telephone Dial In: | +598 | ID Prefix: | 00 |
Government Website: | http://www.presidencia.gub.uy |
Sovereign Ratings: | https://countryeconomy.com/ratings/uruguay |
Central Bank: | Banco Central del Uruguay |
Currency USD Exchange Rate: | 42.645 Uruguayan pesos (UYU) per US dollar (2020 est.) |
Unemployment Rate: | 7.6% (2017 est.) |
Population below poverty line: | 9.7% (2015 est.) |
Inflation Rate: | 7.8% (2019 est.) |
Prime Lending Rate: | 11.60% (2019 - World Bank) |
GDP: | $56.108 billion (2019 est.) |
GDP Pro Capita (PPP): | $21,561 (2019 est.) |
Currency Name: | Uruguayan Peso |
Currency Code: | UYU |
World Bank Classification: | High Income |
GDP Composition:
Agriculture: | 6.3% | Cellulose, beef, soybeans, rice, wheat; dairy products; fish; lumber, tobacco, wine |
Industry: | 26.1% | food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages |
Services: | 67.6% |
Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO
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Business Language(s): | Spanish |
Customs & Excise: | Dirección Nacional de Aduanas |
Development Bank(s): | Development Bank of Latin America; Inter-American Development Bank; |
National Standards Bureau: | Instituto Uruguayo de Normas Técnicas |
Competitive Ind’l Performance: 54/141 (2019) | Corruption Perceptions Index: 21/180 (2020) |
Ease of Doing Business: 101/190 (2019) | Enabling Trade Index: 66/136 (2016) |
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Export Credit & Insurance Agency: Banco de Seguros del Estado ;
Investment & Export Promotion Agency: Uruguay XXI ;
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