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Currency
The Peso Uruguayo ($U) is the legal currency.
1 U$S = 22 $U.
PBI
Evolução do PBI do Uruguai:
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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