URUGUAY General Information
Name of the country: Oriental Republic of Uruguay
Common name: Uruguay
President: Dr Tabare Vazquez
Country code: UY
Capital: Montevideo
Political division: 19 departments
Type of government: Republican-Democratic
Presidential system Electoral system: Universal and compulsory for over 18
National holidays: January 1st, May 1st, July 18th, August 25th, December 25th
Religion: There is no official religion (56% Catholics, 38% non religious, 2% Protestants, 2% Jews)
Language: Spanish
Languages widely spoken in business: English and Portuguese; Italian and French in a lesser degree
Population: 3.241.003 (2005)
Annual Rate of Demographic Growth: 0.6%
Population Density (pp/km2): 18
Life expectancy at birth: 75.4 years
Infant death rate: 15.02/1000
Literacy rate: 97% (2004)
Economy
GDP (2004): 13.216 millions of dollars (US Dollar)
GDP Per Capita (2004): 4.078 dollars (US Dollar)
Inflation: 4,42 % (July 2005 mobile year)
Economically active population: 1.256.600 (Dec. 2004)
Unemployment rate 12.3% (Period April - June 2005)
Good exports 2973,3 (millions of U$S) (2004)
Main exported products: Meat, rice and other grains; dairy products and honey; leather, furs and leather products; food, beverage and tobacco; wool and textiles; plastics and rubber.
Main exporting partners: USA (19,8%), Brazil (16,3%), Argentina (7,6%), European Union (19,9%), Asia excl. Middle East (8,1%), Middle East (3,9%)
Good imports: 3,113.6 (millions of U$S) (2004) - excluding petroleum
Main imported products: Machinery and equipment, electric goods, chemicals, petroleum and its derivatives, transport materials
Main importing partners: Argentina (22,0%), Brazil (21,7%), European Union (11,6%), USA (7,1%), Asia excl. Middle East (10,7%), Middle East (4,1%)
Net Foreign Debt: 7,178 (millions of U$S) (2004)
Digital Telephone Network: 100%
Land telephone line/100 pp: 28 (2003)
Internet Density: 16% (2004)
Hosts Density/1000 pp.: 260 (January 2004)
