Uruguay, year by year

Every index this site holds for Uruguay, in time order: 12 series across 1990–2025, each value as its source published it. The profile shows the latest snapshot; this is the record behind it.

HDI since 1990

Human development rose from 0.713 in 1990 to 0.862 in 2023.

UNDP Human Development Report, 2025 edition. 34 annual values, none interpolated.

Twenty years here

The world report

Life expectancy at birth: 78.3 years2024at birthUp 2.5 years from 75.8 years in 2005
Internet users: 92%2024of people onlineUp 63 points from 29% in 2006
Urban population: 96%2025of people in towns and citiesUp 3 points from 92% in 2006
Births per woman: 1.402024births per womanDown 0.70 from 2.10 in 2005
Renewable share of energy: 58%2021of energy usedUp 19 points from 39% in 2004
Access to electricity: 100%2024of people with electricityUp 2 points from 98% in 2005
Infant mortality: 62024deaths before age one, per 1,000 birthsDown 6 from 12 in 2005
CO2 emissions per person: 2.6 t2024of CO2 per person a yearUp 0.9 t from 1.7 t in 2005
Forest area: 12%2023of land under forestUp 3 points from 9% in 2004

World Bank, from the first to the last observed year of each indicator; each has its own window.

All indexes, 1990–2025

36 years · 12 series · 4 values marked for checking

Year	HDI0–1	Life expectancy at birthyears	Internet users% of people	Urban population% of people	Births per womanbirths	Renewable share of energy% of energy	Access to electricity% of people	Infant mortalityper 1,000 births	CO2 emissions per persont/year	Forest area% of land	GDP per capitaUS$	GDP per capita, PPPintl $
1990	0.713	73.0	—	—	2.48	44.8	—	21	1.3	4.6	—	—
1991	0.717	73.2	—	89.5	2.45	43.7	—	20	1.4	4.9	—	—
1992	0.719	73.2	—	89.8	2.43	43.3	96	20	1.6	5.2	—	—
1993	0.722	73.2	—	90.1	2.41	42.7	96	20	1.5	5.5	—	—
1994	0.727	73.2	0.1	90.4	2.42	42.2	97	19	1.4	5.9	—	—
1995	0.729	73.5	0.3	90.6	2.40	41.0	97	19	1.5	6.2	—	—
1996	0.736	73.8	1.9	90.8	2.36	37.5	96	18	1.7	6.5	—	—
1997	0.747	73.9	3.4	91.0	2.33	37.7	97	17	1.8	6.8	—	—
1998	0.757	74.0	7.0	91.1	2.27	36.9	97	16	1.8	7.2	—	—
1999	0.760	74.3	10.0	91.2	2.25	33.3	97	15	2.1	7.5	—	—
2000	0.764	74.7	10.5	91.3	2.20	38.7	98	15	1.7	7.8	—	—
2001	0.771	75.0	11.1	91.4	2.16	41.6	98	14	1.5	8.0	—	—
2002	0.775	75.0	11.4	91.5	2.16	43.2	98	14	1.4	8.2	—	—
2003	0.780	75.1	15.9	91.6	2.12	43.8	98	14	1.4	8.4	—	—
2004	0.779	75.3	17.1	91.8	2.09	39.3	98	13	1.8	8.7	—	—
2005	0.778	75.8	20.1	92.1	2.10	41.3	98	12	1.7	8.9	—	—
2006	0.777	75.9	29.4	92.5	2.07	37.6	99	12	2.0	9.1	6001	13179
2007	0.780	76.2	34.0	93.0	2.05	43.2	99	11	1.9	9.3	7222	14397
2008	0.783	76.3	39.3	93.5	2.03	44.1	99	10	2.4	9.5	9424	15694
2009	0.787	76.7	41.8	93.9	2.02	44.6	99	10	2.4	9.7	9881	16422
2010	0.796	76.7	46.4	94.3	2.01	53.3	99	9	1.9	9.9	12641	17873
2011	0.801	76.6	51.4	94.6	1.99	49.7	99	9	2.3	10.1	15132	19135
2012	0.804	76.7	54.5	94.8	2.01	47.9	100	9	2.7	10.3	16260	19495
2013	0.812	77.0	57.7	94.9	2.03	51.9	100	8	2.3	10.5	18335	20661
2014	0.816	77.2	61.5	95.0	2.03	56.7	100	8	2.0	10.8	18322	21868
2015	0.818	77.3	64.6	95.1	2.04	59.4	100	8	2.0	11.0	17126	22169
2016	0.821	77.3	66.4	95.2	1.97	60.3	100	7	2.0	11.1	17010	22841
2017	0.827	77.6	70.3	95.2	1.82	60.8	100	7	1.9	11.2	19185	23607
2018	0.826	77.5	80.7	95.3	1.68	60.8	100	7	2.0	11.4	19250	24386
2019	0.830	77.5	83.3	95.3	1.57	59.3	100	6	2.1	11.5	18316	25783
2020	0.837	78.4	85.5	95.4	1.50	61.2	100	6	2.0	11.6	15758	25725
2021	0.837	75.4	87.6	95.5	1.45	57.8	100	6	2.5	11.7	17882	29432
2022	0.852	76.5	89.9	95.5	1.43	—	100	6	2.4	11.8	21009	33034
2023	0.862	78.1	90.9	95.5	1.41	—	100	6	2.4	12.0	23379	34546
2024	—	78.3	92.0	95.6	1.40	—	100	6	2.6	—	24308	36597
2025	—	—	—	95.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	25216	38315
On the profile	0.862	78.3	92.0	95.7	1.40	57.8	—	—	2.6	12.0	25216	38315

Sources: HDI: UNDP HDR 2025; Life expectancy at birth: World Bank SP.DYN.LE00.IN; Internet users: World Bank IT.NET.USER.ZS; Urban population: World Bank SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS; Births per woman: World Bank SP.DYN.TFRT.IN; Renewable share of energy: World Bank EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS; Access to electricity: World Bank EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS; Infant mortality: World Bank SP.DYN.IMRT.IN; CO2 emissions per person: World Bank EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5; Forest area: World Bank AG.LND.FRST.ZS; GDP per capita: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.CD; GDP per capita, PPP: World Bank NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD. Profile snapshot from the site dataset regenerated 2026-10-04. Observed years only.

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