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Uruguay
33.0S 56.0W · 26 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
INDEPENDENCE SETTLED BY THE 1828 TREATY OF MONTEVIDEO · 1828
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1958 - present · Dictatorship, Recovery, and Modern Uruguay
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c. 1963 · Rise of the Tupamaros 2 REFS
27 June 1973 · Military takes power 2 REFS
1903 - 1958 · Batlle y Ordonez and the Model Country
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1903 CE · Batlle y Ordonez becomes president 2 REFS
1917 CE · A new welfare constitution 2 REFS
1830 - 1903 · Blancos, Colorados, and the Guerra Grande
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11 Apr 1831 · Massacre of the Charrua at Salsipuedes 2 REFS
1839-1851 · The Guerra Grande 2 REFS
1811 - 1830 · Artigas, the Thirty-Three, and Independence
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1814-1815 · Artigas and the Federal League 2 REFS
1816-1820 · Portuguese invasion and Artigas in exile 2 REFS
1680 - 1810 · The Contested Frontier: Colonia and Montevideo
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1680 CE · Portugal founds Colonia del Sacramento 2 REFS
1724 CE · Spain expels the Portuguese at Montevideo 2 REFS
Pre-1516 - 1680 · The Charrua and the Banda Oriental
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by c. 3000 BCE · Indigenous peoples of the grasslands 2 REFS
1516 CE · Solis reaches the Rio de la Plata 1 REF
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Quick facts · atlas reference
- Capital
- Montevideo
- Population
- 3.4 m
- Area
- 181,034 km²
- Region
- South America
- Languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Uruguayan peso ($)
- Demonym
- Uruguayan
- UN member
- Yes
Dossier · press a specimen — it turns over
Specimen bench
PRESS A SPECIMEN — IT TURNS OVER
Economy
GDP
$85 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$25,216’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
1.8%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
4.7%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
49.7%’25 WB-WDI
Society
Population
3.4 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
78.3 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
95.7%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.4’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
98.9%’24 WB-WDI
Governance
Voice & accountability
78.3’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
87.7’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
64.8’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
65.1’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
73.3’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
78.8’24 WB-WGI
Health
Health spending
9.0%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
4.67’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
7.4’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
97.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Education
Adult literacy
98.9%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.8%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
104.5%’23 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
119.1%’23 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
80.0%’23 WB-UNESCO
Technology
R&D spending
0.7%’23 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
938’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
92.0%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
146’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
9.8%’24 WB-WDI
Geography
Land area
175,020 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
12.0%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
81.4%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
2.6’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
57.8%’21 WB-WDI
Resources
Resource rents
1.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
1.9%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI
Military
Military burden
2.3%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$1.7 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
22,000’20 WB-SIPRI
A hatched gap has no underside — there is nothing to turn over. Absence is stated, never zeroed.
The record · what changed here
- GDP — 2025 observation published ($85 B), superseding 2024 ($81 B) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP per capita — 2025 observation published ($25,216), superseding 2024 ($23,907) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- GDP growth — 2025 observation published (1.8%), superseding 2024 (3.1%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Inflation — 2025 observation published (4.7%), superseding 2024 (4.8%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Trade openness — 2025 observation published (49.7%), superseding 2024 (52.5%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Electricity access — 2024 observation published (100.0%), superseding 2023 (100.0%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Population — 2025 observation published (3.4 m), superseding 2024 (3.4 m) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14
- Urban population — 2025 observation published (95.7%), superseding 2024 (95.6%) → THE SPECIMENLEDGER № 0001 · 2026-08-14