Central government debt, total in Uruguay
Uruguay: Central government debt, total was 65.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Central government debt, total in Uruguay, 1990–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 65.3% for central government debt, total in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 58.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, central government debt, total in Uruguay peaked at 105.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 21.9%, in 1993.
Uruguay ranks 26th of 83 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Central government debt, total in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 31.6% | — |
| 1991 | 24.6% | -22.2% |
| 1992 | 23.6% | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 21.9% | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 24.5% | +12.1% |
| 2001 | 40.6% | +65.7% |
| 2002 | 95.3% | +134.4% |
| 2003 | 105.6% | +10.8% |
| 2004 | 85.4% | -19.1% |
| 2005 | 76.1% | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 68.5% | -10.1% |
| 2007 | 57.6% | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 55.9% | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 47.7% | -14.6% |
| 2010 | 42.5% | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 43.2% | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 41.0% | -5.0% |
| 2013 | 40.1% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 41.3% | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 47.3% | +14.5% |
| 2016 | 46.5% | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 45.1% | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 47.3% | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 50.1% | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 60.4% | +20.5% |
| 2021 | 58.1% | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 53.7% | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 61.4% | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 65.3% | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25.2% | 21.9% | 31.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 70.3% | 40.6% | 105.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 44.4% | 40.1% | 50.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.8% | 53.7% | 65.3% | 5 |
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More economy & growth data for Uruguay
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.2 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.2 Percent per annum (2029)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 5.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1618 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 4,080 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), annual growth rate 7.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 6.66 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per capita 168,037 current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 4.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1315 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is central government debt, total in Uruguay?
- Central government debt, total in Uruguay was 65.3% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest central government debt, total recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 105.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest central government debt, total recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.9% in 1993.
- How does Uruguay rank for central government debt, total?
- Uruguay ranks 26th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is central government debt, total rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Central government debt, total (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Debt is the entire stock of direct government fixed-term contractual obligations to others outstanding on a particular date. It includes domestic and foreign liabilities such as currency and money deposits, securities other than shares, and loans. It is the gross amount of government liabilities reduced by the amount of equity and financial derivatives held by the government. Because debt is a stock rather than a flow, it is measured as of a given date, usually the last day of the fiscal year. Central government is the part of general government that includes all administrative departments of the national executive, legislative, and judicial functions, other central agencies and those non-market producers controlled by the central government, whose competence extends normally over the whole economic territory. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.