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Uruguay

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Uruguay is a country. The capital city is Montevideo, located in the South America region of Americas. It has a land area of 175,020 km², a population of 3,388,081 people and uses the currency Uruguayan peso. The President is Luis Lacalle Pou.

Key facts

currency: Uruguayan peso
capital city: Montevideo
region: South America
continent: Americas
land area: 175,020 km²
population: 3,388,081 people
political leader: Luis Lacalle Pou (President)

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central government debt: 60.28 % of GDP
expense: 34.62 % of GDP
GDP: 77,240,830,877.46 current US$
inflation: 5.87 annual %
self-employed workers: 29.35 % of total employment
tax revenue: 18.51 % of GDP
unemployment: 8.36 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 25.70 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 22,000 people
democracy score: 8.38
democracy type: Full democracy
individuals using the Internet: 89.90 % of population
military expenditure: 2.00 % of GDP
net migration: -1,501 people
press freedom: 4.87
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 26.26 %
birth rate: 10.42 per 1,000 people
death rate: 9.88 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 1,620.33 current US$
health expenditure: 9.36 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.24 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 2.48 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 78
suicide mortality rate: 21.20 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 140,696.05 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 14.75 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 8.82 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 60.16 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 11.44 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 28.40 % of total
net energy imports: 44.43 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.48 births per woman
forest area: 20,730 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 46.27 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 41.63 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 31.80
methane emissions: 26.02 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 6.89 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 1,745,071 people
male population: 1,643,010 people
renewable energy consumption: 57.80 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 173,706.57 km²
rural population: 143,282 people
urban land area: 1,017.87 km²
urban population: 3,244,799 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.90 % of total population

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