UYU
Uruguay
Uruguay's minimum wage is $63 PPP/mo, the 3rd lowest of 86. And its bank spread is 2.76 %, ranked 12th of 62.
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.
Public holidays
15 days
ranked 20th of 104
Price level
66 % of US prices
ranked 97th of 125
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/mo84 of 86
- Bank spread2.76 %12 of 62
- Public holidays15 days20 of 104
- Money's value14.30 %93 of 116
- Price level66 % of US prices97 of 125
- Unemployment rate7.52 %89 of 124
- Deposit rate7.30 %21 of 70
- Debt per person$16,56787 of 123
- GDP growth1.78 %87 of 127
- Savings vs inflation2.65 %23 of 70
- Inflation rate4.65 %81 of 126
- Government debt65.70 %78 of 124
- 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/mo51 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 15.3 pp · 16 shared fields
Most separates them: savings vs inflation — 2.65 % (Uruguay) vs -1.96 %
Latvia
avg gap 16.5 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 14.30 % (Uruguay) vs 36.40 %
Chile
avg gap 16.7 pp · 15 shared fields
Most separates them: Minimum wage (PPP) — $63 PPP/mo (Uruguay) vs $1,076 PPP/mo
Portugal
avg gap 17.3 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: money's value — 14.30 % (Uruguay) vs 59.50 %
| GDP growth | 1.78 % | ranked 87th of 127 | |
| Savings vs inflation | 2.65 % | ranked 23rd of 70 | |
| Inflation rate | 4.65 % | ranked 81st of 126 | |
| Government debt | 65.70 % | ranked 78th of 124 | |
| 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 51st 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
- Bank spread — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- 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
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 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
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 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 |