Uruguay's life expectancy rose from 73.5 yrs in 1995 to 78.3 yrs in 2024.
Uruguay · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 20 with data
Uruguay's healthy life expectancy at birth fell from 65.3 yrs in 2000 to 65.0 yrs in 2021.
Uruguay's infant mortality fell from 18.5 ‰ in 1995 to 6.2 ‰ in 2024.
Uruguay's under-5 mortality rate fell from 21.3 ‰ in 1995 to 7.4 ‰ in 2024.
Uruguay's maternal mortality ratio fell from 30.0 /100k in 1994 to 15.0 /100k in 2023.
Uruguay's ncd mortality fell from 20.6 % in 2000 to 17.4 % in 2021.
Uruguay's suicide mortality rate rose from 16.4 /100k in 2000 to 24.8 /100k in 2021.
Uruguay's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 16.8 /100k in 2000 to 14.8 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingup +0.1 pts44th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +12.2 %38th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +0.8 pts58th of 192
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- Physiciansup +2.8 %10th of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesup +1.6 %26th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −2.8 %41st of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts31st of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts66th of 192
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- Incidence of tuberculosisup +4.4 %111th of 208
›No data available (3)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Uruguay.
- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)No data
- Safe drinking waterNo data
- Safe sanitationNo data