Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Uruguay
Uruguay: Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita was 0.932 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Uruguay, 1946–2025
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay stood at 0.932.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay peaked at 0.957 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.27, in 1976.
Uruguay ranks 16th of 174 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 80 years of available data.
Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.906 | — |
| 1947 | 0.906 | +0.0% |
| 1948 | 0.906 | +0.0% |
| 1949 | 0.906 | +0.0% |
| 1950 | 0.906 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 0.904 | -0.2% |
| 1952 | 0.904 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 0.904 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0.904 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 0.904 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 0.908 | +0.4% |
| 1957 | 0.908 | +0.0% |
| 1958 | 0.908 | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 0.908 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 0.908 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 0.908 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 0.908 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.9 | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 0.898 | -0.2% |
| 1965 | 0.896 | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 0.899 | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 0.895 | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 0.746 | -16.6% |
| 1969 | 0.741 | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.621 | -16.2% |
| 1971 | 0.557 | -10.3% |
| 1972 | 0.486 | -12.7% |
| 1973 | 0.333 | -31.5% |
| 1974 | 0.282 | -15.3% |
| 1975 | 0.282 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.27 | -4.3% |
| 1977 | 0.27 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.27 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.272 | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 0.297 | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 0.3 | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 0.305 | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.305 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.353 | +15.7% |
| 1985 | 0.798 | +126.1% |
| 1986 | 0.934 | +17.0% |
| 1987 | 0.935 | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 0.935 | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.935 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.936 | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.937 | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.937 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.926 | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.934 | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.949 | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 0.949 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.951 | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.951 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.952 | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.952 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.952 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.952 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.952 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.957 | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.957 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.945 | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.945 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.943 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.943 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.953 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.954 | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.954 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.95 | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.939 | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.928 | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.932 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.926 | -0.6% |
| 2025 | 0.932 | +0.6% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.932 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.906, 1.0× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.932 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.819, 1.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +126.1% | 0.353 | 0.798 |
| 1973 | -31.5% | 0.486 | 0.333 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.906 | 0.906 | 0.906 | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.9058 | 0.904 | 0.908 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.8699 | 0.741 | 0.908 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3643 | 0.27 | 0.621 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6097 | 0.297 | 0.935 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9407 | 0.926 | 0.951 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9545 | 0.952 | 0.957 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9508 | 0.943 | 0.957 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9345 | 0.926 | 0.95 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
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)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, annual growth rate 5.46 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0102 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 258.23 units per person (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, annual growth rate 0.4283 % change on previous year (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0.0075 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 188.56 units per person (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate 4.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0.0051 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay?
- Human rights index vs. gdp per capita in Uruguay was 0.932 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.957 in 2005.
- What is the lowest human rights index vs. gdp per capita recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.27 in 1976.
- How does Uruguay rank for human rights index vs. gdp per capita?
- Uruguay ranks 16th out of 174 countries with data for 2025.
- Is human rights index vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Human Rights Index vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor, they have property rights, and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association.