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Government debt in Uruguay

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Uruguay's government debt is 65.60 % — #80 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

65.60%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.7 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Uruguay over time

91.90 %58.00 %24.10 %91.90 % · 200324.10 % · 19991999: 24.10 %2000: 30.50 %2001: 39.40 %2002: 90.10 %2003: 91.90 %2004: 73.70 %2005: 66.20 %2006: 61.10 %2007: 52.80 %2008: 46.20 %2009: 46.20 %2010: 40.90 %2011: 41.30 %2012: 49.80 %2013: 50.00 %2014: 51.10 %2015: 57.80 %2016: 56.40 %2017: 55.80 %2018: 57.90 %2019: 59.60 %2020: 68.20 %2021: 64.10 %2022: 59.40 %2023: 63.00 %2024: 67.60 %2025: 65.60 %19992012202565.60 %
27 official observations, 1999 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#80 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
36 %
45 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 2.00 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
26.30 pp
peak 91.90 % in 2003
Full series
▲ 41.50 pp
since 1999

In Americas: #15 of 26vs median 54.70 %: +10.90 pp (worse)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Uruguay: ahead of 36 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtUruguay 65.60 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Uruguay is ahead of 36 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Uruguay
78 Rwanda64.70 %−0.90 pp
79 Slovenia65.10 %−0.50 pp
80 Uruguay65.60 %—
81 Morocco66.60 %+1.00 pp
82 Belize66.90 %+1.30 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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