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Government debt in Uruguay

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Uruguay's government debt is 65.70 % — #78 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

65.70%

Checked 8 Sept 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: 65.70 %19992012202565.70 %
27 official observations, 1999 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#78 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
37 %
46 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 1.90 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
26.20 pp
peak 91.90 % in 2003
Full series
▲ 41.60 pp
since 1999

In Americas: #15 of 26vs median 54.55 %: +11.15 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Uruguay: ahead of 37 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtUruguay 65.70 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. Uruguay is ahead of 37 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Uruguay
76 Rwanda64.60 %−1.10 pp
77 Thailand64.70 %−1.00 pp
78 Uruguay65.70 %—
79 Slovenia65.90 %+0.20 pp
80 Morocco67.10 %+1.40 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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