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South AmericaUruguay
Capital Montevideo · Median age 36
2 mobility routesPath to citizenshipMin presence 90 days/yrTropical
The practical read for Americans weighing life in Uruguay: what the catalog knows about daily-life signals, costs, residency routes, and source freshness — with honest gaps where we have not sourced it yet.
Practical snapshot
Cost of living53
Healthcare69
Safety57
Climate resilience68
2 mobility routes
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Uruguay in eight lenses
Every lens is a live, normalized signal (0–100, higher is better). Absent indicators show as Unknown — never guessed.
Cost & taxes
66 · MixedCost of living53
Tax burden78
Healthcare
69 · StrongHealthcare69
Safety & crime
69 · StrongSafety57
Low crime81
Climate
68 · StrongClimate resilience68
Language & integration
79 · StrongEnglish proficiency82
Migrant acceptance76
Freedom & rights
87 · StrongRule of law80
Political stability82
Low corruption81
Personal freedom90
Freedom of speech96
Property rights86
LGBTQ+ acceptance83
Reproductive rights100
Economy & work
47 · MixedEconomic freedom82
CompetitivenessUnknown—
Innovation43
Startup ecosystem1
Job market4
Prosperity82
Ease of doing business71
Quality of life
74 · StrongLiveability83
Happiness86
Life satisfaction86
Work–life balanceUnknown—
Internet speed44
Education77
Low traffic67
Fit summary
Where this country is strong, and where to look closer
Strengths
- Reproductive rights100
- Freedom of speech96
- Personal freedom90
- Property rights86
Look closer
- Startup ecosystem1
- Job market4
Country facts
The structured record
Facts imported for this country. Blank fields render as Unknown.
- Average Bedtime
- 1899-12-30
- Average Time In Bed
- 425 minutes
- Average Time In Bed Hours
- 7 hours 5 minutes
- Average Wakeup Time
- 1899-12-30
- Avg Precipitation
- 1300 mm
- Avg Temperature
- 17.97°C (64.35°F)
- Beer Consumption
- 66.82 liters_per_capita_year
- Best Time To Travel
- October-March
- Books Read Per Year
- 15
- Borders
- Argentina, Brazil
- Citizenship By Birth
- Conditional
- Citizenship By Descent
- Yes
- Citizenship By Marriage
- 3 years
- Climate
- Warm temperate; freezing temperatures almost unknown
- Climate Category
- Balanced Seasons
- Coffee Consumption
- 2.68 liters_per_capita_year
- Consulate Locations In The Us
- Chicago,Los Angeles,Miami,New York
- Country Code
- +598
- Country Intro Blurb
- Famous for its royal family and tea where every afternoon is a chance for a cuppa
- Country Motto
- Libertad o Muerte ("Liberty or Death")
- Crypto Currency Status
- Legal to use/Undefined
- Currency
- Uruguayan Peso (UYU)
- Date Format
- YMD / DMY
- Distance From New York City
- 8400 km
- Driving Side
- Left-hand traffic
- Dual Citizenship
- Yes
- Economy
- Agriculture, services, manufacturing
- Famous Dance
- Morris dance
- Famous Festival
- Notting Hill Carnival
- Famous Music
- Rock
- Fertility Rate
- 1.409
- Funny Fact
- The Queen legally owns all unmarked mute swans
- Gambling Legislation
- Regulated
- Haiku
- Big Ben chimes the hour / Cream tea in cozy gardens / Royals wave to crowds
- Handgun Legislation
- Prohibited
- Humidity
- 74
- Hype Video
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quOuefqGn8g
- Independence Day
- August 25, 1825
- Interesting Fact
- Famous for its royal family and tea where every afternoon is a chance for a cuppa
- Interesting Tradition
- Holds cheese rolling competitions chasing wheels of cheese down steep hills
- Language
- Spanish
- Life Expectancy
- 77,1
- Mandatory Military Service
- No
- Mcdonalds In Country
- 1436
- Medical Cannabis Legislation
- Legal
- Mensa Members
- 19000
- Migration Rate
- -0.443 per_1000_population
- Most Popular Pet
- Dogs
- National Animal
- Lion
- National Anthem
- Himno Nacional de Uruguay
- National Anthem Audio
- https://nationalanthems.info/uy.mp3
- National Dish
- Fish and chips
- National Pastime Or Sport
- Football (Soccer)
- Nobel Prizes
- 138
- Number Of Americans Living In Country
- 743
- Number Of Migrants
- -1.501 thousands
- Obesity Rate
- 0.249
- Passport Validity
- 10 years
- Percentage Of Vegetarian
- 0.1
- Population
- 3485151
- Quintessential Souvenir
- Tartan scarf
- Quirky Tradition
- Celebrates "Guy Fawkes Night" with bonfires and fireworks
- Rainless Days Per Year
- 263
- Representative Novel
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (Booker Prize, historical novel set in Tudor England)
- Reproduction Rate
- 0.675
- Residency For Naturalization
- 5
- Same Sex Marriage Legislation
- Legal
- Spicy Food Consumption
- 73
- Strangest Law Still On The Books
- Illegal to handle salmon in suspicious circumstances
- Tallest Building
- Shard, The (309.7 mt)
- Tea Consumption
- 1.47 liters_per_capita_year
- Time Zone
- GMT-3
- Tobacco Use Female
- 0.18
- Tobacco Use Male
- 0.235
- Total World Heritage Sites
- 2
- Us Emigrants 1990
- 1525
- Us Emigrants 1995
- 1036
- Us Emigrants 2000
- 705
- Us Emigrants 2005
- 652
- Us Emigrants 2010
- 604
- Us Emigrants 2015
- 623
- Us Emigrants 2020
- 743
- Visitors Per Year
- 3.2 millions
- Voting Status
- Universal
- Weirdest Local Superstition
- Walking under a ladder brings bad luck
- Wine Consumption
- 19.4 liters_per_capita_year
Daily life & the American lens
What Tuesday actually feels like
Lived-experience narrative, English-comfort layers, and community voices.
Not yet sourced
Daily-life rhythm, the American-lens friction points, and community voices for Uruguay come from verified field research and practitioner communities. That editorial layer is not committed to the Product Engine catalog yet, so we are not inventing it here.
Sources & freshness
Where this page comes from
Real provenance for the live figures above: named sources, verification status, and recent regulatory changes.
Verified data points
0Stale
0Unverified
118| Source | Confidence | Status | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATO Institute | — | unverified | — |
| Center for Reproductive Rights | — | unverified | — |
| CitizensOS Destination Facts — Country DB (Primary workbook) | — | unverified | — |
| EF Set | — | unverified | — |
| Equaldex | — | unverified | — |
| Freedom House | — | unverified | — |
| Gallup | — | unverified | — |
| Germanwatch | — | unverified | — |
| Heritage Foundation | — | unverified | — |
| Legatum | — | unverified | — |
| Numbeo | — | unverified | — |
| Ookla | — | unverified | — |
| Our World in Data | — | unverified | — |
| StartUp Blink | — | unverified | — |
| The Economist | — | unverified | — |
| The Lancet | — | unverified | — |
| Transparency International | — | unverified | — |
| US News | — | unverified | — |
| World Bank | — | unverified | — |
| World Happiness Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) | — | unverified | — |
| World Justice Report | — | unverified | — |
| World Population Review | — | unverified | — |
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