Uruguay
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Key Indicators
| Income Group | High income |
| Regional Group | The Americas |
| Population (Total) | 3,461,734 |
| Population as a share world total | 0.05% |
| GDP (current US$, millions) | 56,045 |
| GDP as a share of world total | 0.06% |
| GDP per capita, PPP (current international $) | 22,454 |
Performance Overview
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URY
Country
Uruguay
Score
54.87
Rank
47
Technology
46.96
People
54.63
Governance
61.40
Impact
56.49
| 1. Mobile tariffs | 72.91 | 39 |
| 2. Handset prices | 62.73 | 33 |
| 3. Households with internet acccess | 63.92 | 72 |
| 4. 4G mobile network coverage (% of population) | 86.20 | 73 |
| 5. Fixed-broadband subscriptions, 10Mbit/s or above (% of total subscriptions) | 71.71 | 59 |
| 6. International internet bandwidth, kb/s per Internet user | 72.83 | 33 |
| 7. Proportion of primary schools with access to Internet for pedagogical purpose | 100.00 | 1 |
| 1. GitHub commits | 13.73 | 42 |
| 2. Wikipedia edits | 68.66 | 39 |
| 3. Internet domain registrations* | - | - |
| 4. Mobile apps development | 71.53 | 45 |
| 1. Availability of latest technologies | 51.47 | 54 |
| 2. Company investment in emerging technology | 26.97 | 104 |
| 3. ICT PCT patent applications per million population | 1.85 | 67 |
| 4. Total computer software spending (% of GDP) | 16.57 | 68 |
| 5. Robot density | n/a | n/a |
| 1. Medium and high-tech industry | 19.30 | 88 |
| 2. High-tech exports | 13.64 | 64 |
| 3. PCT patent applications | 0.83 | 54 |
| 4. Labour productivity per employee | 29.47 | 57 |
| 5. Prevalence of gig economy | 29.09 | 97 |
| 1. Happiness | 76.80 | 26 |
| 2. Freedom to make life choices | 89.70 | 28 |
| 3. Income inequality | 60.05 | 76 |
| 4. Healthy life expectancy at birth | 75.23 | 34 |
| 1. SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being | 85.25 | 23 |
| 2. SDG 4: Quality Education | 34.76 | 57 |
| 3. SDG 5: Gender Equality | 90.79 | 6 |
| 4. SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy | 88.15 | 28 |
| 5. SDG 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities | 78.85 | 40 |
| 1. Internet users | 67.65 | 67 |
| 2. Active mobile-broadband subscriptions | 48.72 | 16 |
| 3. Use of virtual social networks | 78.35 | 12 |
| 5. Tertiary enrolment | 45.88 | 44 |
| 5. Adult literacy rate | 98.36 | 22 |
| 6. ICT skills | 53.65 | 62 |
| 1. Firms with website | 69.19 | 40 |
| 2. Ease of doing business | 55.38 | 90 |
| 3. Professionals | 29.11 | 55 |
| 4. Technicians and associate professionals | 32.23 | 66 |
| 5. Business use of digital tools | 71.02 | 47 |
| 6. R&D expenditure by businesses | 2.95 | 61 |
| 1. Government online services | 83.64 | 31 |
| 2. Publication and use of open data | 60.85 | 17 |
| 3. Government promotion of investment in emerging technologies | 43.69 | 51 |
| 4. R&D expenditure by governments and higher education | 32.33 | 56 |
| 1. Secure Internet servers | 59.85 | 58 |
| 2. Cybersecurity | 72.91 | 53 |
| 3. Online access to financial account | 27.88 | 68 |
| 4. Internet shopping | 31.10 | 45 |
| 1. Regulatory quality | 62.41 | 46 |
| 2. ICT regulatory environment | 64.87 | 108 |
| 3. Legal framework's adaptability to emerging technologies | 51.41 | 40 |
| 4. E-commerce legislation | 100.00 | 1 |
| 5. Privacy protection by law content | 77.16 | 31 |
| 1. E-Participation | 85.18 | 29 |
| 2. Socioeconomic gap in use of digital payments | 54.89 | 85 |
| 3. Availability of local online content | 61.70 | 62 |
| 4. Gender gap in internet use | 69.30 | 9 |
| 5. Rural gap in use of digital payments | 54.37 | 91 |