Uruguay
Learning-adjusted schooling in Uruguay
Learning-adjusted schooling in Uruguay: 8.5 years in 2010 and 8.6 years in 2020, by World Bank estimates.
- Latest, 2020
- 8.6 years
- Since 2010
- +0.1 years
- Rank, 2020
- 71 of 174
- counting from the highest
years · World Bank
What the numbers say
- The highest was 8.7 years in 2018, the lowest 8.4 years in 2017.
Every year
years · World Bank
| Year | Uruguay |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 8.6 |
| 2018 | 8.7 |
| 2017 | 8.4 |
| 2010 | 8.5 |
Good to know
- The years of school a child can expect by 18, cut to what students actually learn: the World Bank’s learning-adjusted years of school.
- Source: World Bank Human Capital Index, via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 174 countries with a value in 2020, highest first.
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Uruguay in numbers
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Military
- Military spending2.28% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.91B in 2025
- Military spending per person$577 in 2025
- Military share of state spending7.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.04% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.32% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports1 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000