UYU
Uruguay
Uruguay's minimum wage is $63 PPP/mo, the 3rd lowest of 85. And its public holidays is 15 days, ranked 19th of 104.
Of 17 fields published for Uruguay, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
66 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$1,636 PPP/mo
The average employee in Uruguay earns about $1,636 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
14.30 %
100 saved in Uruguay in 2000 buys what 14 buys today — 86 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$1,636 PPP/mo
The average employee in Uruguay earns about $1,636 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Minimum wage
$63 PPP/mo
The law in Uruguay sets the floor at about $63 a month, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
2.65 %
A bank account in Uruguay currently gains about 2.6 pp of purchasing power a year.
Deposit rate
7.30 %
Inflation rate
4.65 %
At 4.7 % a year, prices double in about 15 years if it holds.
Bank spread
2.76 %
ranked 12th of 62
Price level
66 % of US prices
ranked 97th of 125
Deposit rate
7.30 %
ranked 21st of 70
Where Uruguay sits, field by field
Each dot is Uruguay’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Minimum wage$63 PPP/mo83 of 85
- Public holidays15 days19 of 104
- Bank spread2.76 %12 of 62
- Money's value14.30 %93 of 116
- Price level66 % of US prices97 of 125
- Debt per person$16,56793 of 123
- Unemployment rate7.52 %89 of 124
- Deposit rate7.30 %21 of 70
- GDP growth1.78 %87 of 127
- Savings vs inflation2.65 %23 of 69
- Government debt65.70 %78 of 124
- Inflation rate4.65 %77 of 123
- Corporate tax25.00 %60 of 96
- GDP per capita$25,21650 of 127
- Lending rate10.06 %38 of 67
- Average monthly salary$1,636 PPP/mo52 of 92
- Median salary$1,349 PPP/mo40 of 78
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Romania
avg gap 15.5 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: savings vs inflation — 2.65 % (Uruguay) vs -1.96 %
Greece
avg gap 18.5 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 14.30 % (Uruguay) vs 59.30 %
Slovakia
avg gap 18.6 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: corporate tax — 25.00 % (Uruguay) vs 10.00 %
Chile
avg gap 18.6 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $63 PPP/mo (Uruguay) vs $1,076 PPP/mo
| GDP growth | 1.78 % | ranked 87th of 127 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 2.65 % | ranked 23rd of 69 | |
| Government debt | 65.70 % | ranked 78th of 124 | |
| Inflation rate | 4.65 % | ranked 77th of 123 | |
| Corporate tax | 25.00 % | ranked 60th of 96 | |
| GDP per capita | $25,216 | ranked 50th of 127 | |
| Lending rate | 10.06 % | ranked 38th of 67 | |
| Average monthly salary | $1,636 PPP/mo | ranked 52nd of 92 | |
| Median salary | $1,349 PPP/mo | ranked 40th of 78 |
✓ 17 fields published for Uruguay, every one dated and sourced · 18 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Uruguay: mortgage rate, real policy rate, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, top income tax, currency.
Sources for all 17 figures
- Minimum wage — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Corporate tax — OECD Corporate Tax Statistics · 2026
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Lending rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2024
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt per person (USD) | 16468 → 16567 |
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 65.3068312327003 → 65.7 |