Economy - overview: Uruguay has a free market economy characterized by an export-oriented agricultural sector, a well-educated work force, and high levels of social spending. Following financial difficulties in the late 1990s and early 2000s, economic growth for Uruguay averaged 8% annually during the period 2004-08. The 2008-09 global financial crisis put a brake on Uruguay's vigorous growth, which decelerated to 2.6% in 2009. Nevertheless, the country managed to avoid a recession and keep positive growth rates, mainly through higher public expenditure and investment, and GDP growth reached 8.9% in 2010 but fell to about 3.5% in 2012, the result of a renewed slowdown in the global economy and in Uruguay's main trade partners and Common Market of the South (Mercosur) counterparts, Argentina and Brazil. Uruguay has sought to expand trade within Mercosur and with non-Mercosur members. Uruguay''s total merchandise trade with Mercosur since 2006 has increased by nearly 70% to more than $5 billion while its total trade with the world has almost doubled to roughly $20 billion.
GDP (purchasing power parity): GDP (official exchange rate): GDP - real growth rate: GDP - per capita (PPP): Gross national saving: GDP - composition, by end use: GDP - composition, by sector of origin: Agriculture - products: Industries: Industrial production growth rate: Labor force: Labor force - by occupation: Unemployment rate: Population below poverty line: Household income or consumption by percentage share: Distribution of family income - Gini index: Budget: Taxes and other revenues: Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): Public debt: Fiscal year: Inflation rate (consumer prices): Central bank discount rate: Commercial bank prime lending rate: Stock of narrow money: Stock of broad money: Stock of domestic credit: Market value of publicly traded shares: Current account balance: Exports: Exports - commodities: Exports - partners: Imports: Imports - commodities: Imports - partners: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Debt - external: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: Exchange rates:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Uruguay on this page is re-published from the 2014 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Uruguay Economy 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Uruguay Economy 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.
$53.63 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
note:
data are in 2012 US dollars
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$49.24 billion (2012 est.)
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3.9% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
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$15,900 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 82
note:
data are in 2012 US dollars
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15.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 100
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household consumption: 68.7%
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government consumption:
13.6%
investment in fixed capital:
22.1%
investment in inventories:
-0.9%
exports of goods and services:
26.3%
imports of goods and services:
-29.7%
agriculture: 7.4%
[see also: GDP - composition, by sector of origin - agriculture country ranks ]
industry:
20.9%
services:
71.8% (2012 est.)
soybeans, rice, wheat; beef, dairy products; fish; lumber, cellulose
food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages
3.5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
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1.691 million (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 127
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agriculture: 13%
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industry:
14%
services:
73% (2010 est.)
6% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 61
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18.6% (2010 est.)
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lowest 10%: 1.9%
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highest 10%:
34.4% (2010 est.)
45.3 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 40
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revenues: $14.25 billion
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expenditures:
$15.63 billion (2012 est.)
28.9% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 102
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-2.8% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 112
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59.4% of GDP (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 45
note:
data cover general government debt, and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intra-governmental debt; intra-governmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are not sold at public auctions.
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calendar year
8.1% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 185
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9% (31 December 2012)
country comparison to the world: 29
note:
Uruguay's central bank uses the benchmark interest rate, rather than the discount rate, to conduct monetary policy; the rates shown here are the benchmark rates
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11.2% (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 91
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$5.32 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 98
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$16.97 billion (31 December 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
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$16.86 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
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$231 million (31 December 2011)
country comparison to the world: 112
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$-2.69 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
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$9.89 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
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beef, soybeans, cellulose, rice, wheat, wood, dairy products; wool
Brazil 18.6%, China 17.9%, Argentina 6.2%, Germany 4.3% (2012)
$12.26 billion (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
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refined oil, crude oil, passenger and other transportation vehicles, vehicle parts, cellular phones
China 16.4%, Brazil 14.9%, Argentina 14.6%, US 9.1%, Paraguay 7.3% (2012)
$13.6 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 70
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$16.02 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
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$17.76 billion (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
[see also: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home country ranks ]
$357 million (31 December 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
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