Uruguay

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:	https://www.gub.uy/presidencia/

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Capital:	Montevideo	Main Airports:	Carrasco International Airport
Language(s):	Spanish	Population:	3,407,213
Currency:	Uruguayan Peso	ISO Currency Code:	UYU
Telephone Dial In:	+598	ID Prefix:	00

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Country Summaries:

BBC; CIA Factbook; Country Code; Infoplease; International Model United Nations Association; Law Library of Congress; NationMaster; NationsOnline; UNESCO;

Political & Cultural Organisations:

Central American Integration System; Community of Democracies; Inter Parliamentary Union; Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie; Organizacion de Estados Iberoamericanos; Organization of American States; Pacific Alliance; Secretar a General Iberoamericana; Sistema Economico Latinoamericano; UN; UNESCO; Union Latina; Union of South American Nations;

Travel Guides:

Fodor's Travel; Lonely Planet;

News Resources:

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MercoPress;

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Radio

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Radio Carve;

Radiodifusion Nacional SODRE;

Uruguay

Government Website:	https://www.gub.uy/presidencia/
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:	8.8% (2019 est.)
Inflation Rate:	7.8% (2019 est.)

Prime Lending Rate:	11.60% (2019 - World Bank)
GDP:	$78.121 billion (2021 est.)
GDP Pro Capita (PPP):	$22,800 (2021 est.)
Currency Name:	Uruguayan Peso
Currency Code:	UYU
World Bank Classification:	High-Income Economy

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%

Source: Central Intelligence Agency Factbook

Financial & Economic Organisations:

Asociacion Latinoamericana de Integracion; FAO; IMF; International Labour Organization; The Cairns Group; Un Economic Commission for Latin America the Caribbean UNIDO; World Bank;

Financial & Economic Profiles:

Countryeconomy; FAO; IMF; Inter American Development Bank; OECD; UNDP Human Development; World Bank;

Financial Exchanges:

Stock & Securities Exchange: Bolsa Electronica de Valores de Uruguay ;

National Statistics Office:

Instituto Nacional de Estadistica;

National Dataset(s):

Focus Economics; Trading Economics;

Uruguay

Subject to Country Specific Sanctions? NO

The World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Trade Statistics

Trade Summary

Trade Indicators

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: 14/180 (2022 Rank)
Ease of Doing Business: N/A	Enabling Trade Index: 66/136 (2016)
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