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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
5 EVENTS
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
4 EVENTS
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
4 EVENTS
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
5 EVENTS
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
5 EVENTS
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
3 EVENTS
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
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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

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