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Society profile

Uruguay

Uruguay: 56 indicators from open sources, newest value for each.

Demography

Population, total 3.4 MWorld Bank2025 Population aged 0-14 17.9%World Bank2025 Population aged 15-64 65.8%World Bank2025 Population aged 65+ 16.3%World Bank2025 Female share of population 51.5%World Bank2025 Urban population 95.7%World Bank2025 Fertility rate 1.4World Bank2024 Adolescent fertility rate 25.1World Bank2024 Life expectancy at birth 78.3yearsWorld Bank2024 Infant mortality 6.2‰World Bank2024 Net migration -1 338World Bank2025

Education

Adult literacy rate 98.9%World Bank2024 Secondary school enrolment 119.1%World Bank2023 Tertiary enrolment 80.0%World Bank2023 Education spending 4.8%World Bank2023

Income

GDP per capita, PPP $38 315$World Bank2025 GNI per capita, PPP $36 330$World Bank2025 Gini index 40.0World Bank2024 Poverty headcount at $2.15/day 0.2%World Bank2024 Income share held by richest 10% 30.0%World Bank2024

Health

Suicide rate 24.8per 100kWorld Bank2021 Health spending 9.0%World Bank2023

Connectivity

Individuals using the internet 92.0%World Bank2024 Mobile subscriptions 145.5per 100World Bank2024 Access to electricity 100.0%World Bank2024

Environment

CO2 emissions per capita 2.6tWorld Bank2024

Religiosity

Religion is very important in life survey19.7%World Values Survey2022

Religious Practice

Attends religious services monthly or more survey13.4%World Values Survey2022 Believes in God survey71.3%World Values Survey2022

Trust People

Most people can be trusted survey14.6%World Values Survey2022 Trusts people met for the first time survey22.9%World Values Survey2022

Trust Institutions

Confidence in the government survey54.2%World Values Survey2022 Confidence in parliament survey45.2%World Values Survey2022 Confidence in the police survey68.3%World Values Survey2022 Confidence in the courts survey59.9%World Values Survey2022 Confidence in the press survey30.9%World Values Survey2022

Family Structure

Family is very important in life survey91.5%World Values Survey2022

Gender Roles

Women in national parliament 31.3%World Bank2025 When jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job survey13.2%World Values Survey2022 Men make better political leaders than women survey11.1%World Values Survey2022

Democracy

It is important to live in a democracy survey87.3%World Values Survey2022 Satisfied with how democracy works survey60.9%World Values Survey2022 A strong leader without elections is good survey50.3%World Values Survey2022

Participation

Has signed a petition or joined a demonstration survey39.9%World Values Survey2022

Immigration Attitudes

Would not want immigrants as neighbours survey3.3%World Values Survey2022

Employment

Unemployment rate 7.5%World Bank2025 Youth unemployment rate 25.1%World Bank2025 Female labour force participation 57.3%World Bank2025 Male labour force participation 73.4%World Bank2025 Self-employed share 28.0%World Bank2025

Redistribution

Incomes should be made more equal survey28.7%World Values Survey2022 Work is very important in life survey71.9%World Values Survey2022

Happiness

Very happy or rather happy survey92.7%World Values Survey2022

Safety

Intentional homicides 11.2per 100kWorld Bank2023

Tolerance

Homosexuality is justifiable survey61.0%World Values Survey2022 Would not want people of another race as neighbours survey0.6%World Values Survey2022

Socially closest countries

Distance is computed on 23 value questions the two societies were both asked, standardised within each survey so that a different questionnaire does not pass for a different society. Similarity is relative to the widest distance in the world.

Every number carries its source and year. Where a country is missing, it is missing — we do not interpolate.