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UruguayRegion South AmericaCurrency Uruguayan Peso (UYU)Surface area (square kilometres) 176 215Population in 2012 (estimated, 000) 3 395Population density in 2012 (per square kilometre) 19.3Capital city and population in 2011 (000) Montevideo (1 672)United Nations membership date 18 December 1945Economic indicators 2005 2010 2012GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$) 17 363 38 846 49 919GDP: Growth rate at constant 2005 prices (annual %) 7.5 8.9 3.9GDP per capita (current US$) 5 221.7 11 520.3 14 702.5GNI: Gross national income per capita (current US$) 5 071.4 11 074.7 14 271.5Gross fixed capital formation (% of GDP) 16.6 19.3 22.1Exchange rates (national currency per US$) a 24.10 20.09 19.40Balance of payments, current account (million US$) 42 –753 –2 626CPI: Consumer price index (2000=100) b 162 230 270Agricultural production index (2004-2006=100) 101 116 128Food production index (2004-2006=100) 101 117 130Unemployment (% of labour force) c 10.9 de 7.2 6.5Employment in industrial sector (% of employed) f 21.9 cgh 21.2 21.1 iEmployment in agricultural sector (% of employed) fj 4.6 cgh 11.8 10.9 iLabour force participation, adult female pop. (%) 52.7 55.2 55.5Labour force participation, adult male pop. (%) 74.1 76.7 76.8Tourist arrivals at national borders (000) 1 808 2 353 2 711Energy production, primary (000 mt oil equivalent) 575 733 ...Mobile-cellular subscriptions (per 100 inhabitants) 34.8 131.7 k 147.3Individuals using the Internet (%) 20.1 46.4 l 55.1 mTotal trade Major trading partners 2012(million US$) (% of exports) (% of imports)Exports 8 709.2 Brazil 19.4 Brazil 18.0ImportsBalance11 652.1–2 942.9Free zonesChina16.3 n9.1ArgentinaChina14.914.3Social indicatorsPopulation growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 0.3Urban population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 0.5Rural population growth rate (average annual %) 2010-2015 –0.9Urban population (%) 2013 92.7Population aged 0-14 years (%) 2013 21.9Population aged 60+ years (females and males, % of total) 2013 21.4/15.9Sex ratio (males per 100 females) 2013 93.4Life expectancy at birth (females and males, years) 2010-2015 80.5/73.6Infant mortality rate (per 1 000 live births) 2010-2015 11.5Fertility rate, total (live births per woman) 2010-2015 2.1Contraceptive prevalence (ages 15-49, %) o 2006-2012 77.0 pInternational migrant stock (000 and % of total population) mid-2013 73.5/2.2Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR mid-2013 237Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP) 2006-2012 4.5Education: Primary-secondary gross enrolment ratio (f/m per 100) 2006-2012 103.1/99.0Education: Female third-level students (% of total) 2006-2012 62.5Intentional homicides (females and males, per 100 000) 2008-2010 3.2/7.9Seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 2014 13.1Environmental indicatorsThreatened species 2013 104Forested area (% of land area) 2011 10.2CO 2 emission estimates (000 metric tons and metric tons per capita) 2010 6 639/2.0Energy consumption per capita (kilograms oil equivalent) 2010 820.0Precipitation in the capital city, total mean (millimetres) 1 101Temperature in the capital city, mean °C (minimum and maximum) 12.4/21.4a Market rate. b Montevideo. c Age group 14 years and over. d 2006. e Break in series; data not strictlycomparable. f The indices are shown in terms of ISIC Rev.3. g Urban areas. h Excludes conscripts. i 2011.j Includes mining and quarrying. k Includes data dedicated subscriptions. l Age group 6 years and over.m ITU estimate. n See technical notes. o Age group 15 to 50 years. p 2004.World Statistics Pocketbook 211