Info
Uruguay
Currency:
The Peso Uruguayo ($U) is the legal currency. 1 U$S
= 22 $U.
PBI:
2000: 1,4%
2001: 3,4%
2002: 11,0%
2003: 2,2% |
2004: 12,3%
2005: 6,6%
2006: 7,0% |
Inflation:
Inflation in Uruguay has gradually decreased in the last years, in 1995 it was 32.5%, in 1996 24.3%, in 1997, 13.3%, in 1998, 8.6%, in 1999, 4.7%, in 2001 3.6%, in 2002 25.9%, in 2003 10.2%, in 2004 7.6%, in 2005 and in 2006 less than 5%.
Value
added tax (applied to domestic consumption): 22%
Life
expectancy: 72.4 years
Infant
mortality rate: 15/1000
Health
insurance coverage: 95%
Number
of inhabitants per doctor: 275 (the highest in the
whole continent including the United States and Canada).
Drinking
water: In Montevideo (capital city) 99% of the people
have direct access to drinking water. In the rest of the country
more than 95% of the people have direct access to drinking
water. The quality of the drinking water in Uruguay prevented
the spread of cholera, and because of that, doesn´t exist.
Electrical
net rate: 97%, including rural areas.
Telephone
network digitalization: 100%. Uruguay is the first
country in Latin America and sixth in the world to have its
whole network digitalized. There are 285 telephones available
per 1000 residents.
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