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Gross debt in Uruguay

The government gross debt refers to the total of all sums of money that have to be paid to other countries, communities or institutions. On the other hand not included in the gross debt are the demands of a country to foreign ones.

The gross debt in Uruguay in the period from 1998 to 2020 was between 4.9 billion and 31.1 billion USD. The highest level of the last years at 31 billion US Dollar was reached in 2020.

Based on the number of inhabitants, this is in Uruguay a debt of 8,966 USD per person. For comparison: The average debt per person in the same year in the European Union was 30,776 USD.


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Gross debt of the last 22 years in billion USD




YearUruguay totalUruguay per capitaEU per capita
19984.94 bn USD1,501 USD14,079 USD
19995.21 bn USD1,575 USD14,032 USD
20006.20 bn USD1,869 USD11,232 USD
20017.45 bn USD2,242 USD11,255 USD
200211.48 bn USD3,450 USD12,258 USD
200310.43 bn USD3,137 USD15,286 USD
20049.54 bn USD2,874 USD17,595 USD
200510.89 bn USD3,278 USD18,327 USD
200611.23 bn USD3,376 USD18,877 USD
200711.43 bn USD3,430 USD20,898 USD
200814.61 bn USD4,374 USD24,086 USD
200913.16 bn USD3,930 USD25,361 USD
201014.89 bn USD4,433 USD26,496 USD
201117.62 bn USD5,231 USD29,231 USD
201218.29 bn USD5,412 USD28,174 USD
201320.59 bn USD6,076 USD29,981 USD
201420.90 bn USD6,147 USD30,648 USD
201523.41 bn USD6,861 USD25,920 USD
201624.82 bn USD7,248 USD26,262 USD
201728.26 bn USD8,222 USD27,025 USD
201830.12 bn USD8,732 USD28,454 USD
201930.19 bn USD8,720 USD27,178 USD
202031.15 bn USD8,966 USD30,776 USD


Comparison of the gross debt per capita with the European Union in Euro



      Uruguay       European Union


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