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Argentina vs Uruguay

124 shared metrics.

ArgentinaLeads in 67

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UruguayLeads in 57

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What matters for both sides

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Argentina

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Argentine Republic.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Argentina's beef-centered asado culture makes its high meat-consumption profile feel less surprising.

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Uruguay

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Identity

Formal name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Uruguay gets most of its electricity from renewables in many years.

IEA

Analysis

Argentina leads in 67 of 124 shared metrics, while Uruguay leads in 57.

Argentina's Mobile Money Accounts is 45.0x that of Uruguay (56.74% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Argentina's Inflation Rate is 44.8x that of Uruguay (219.88% vs 4.8%).

Argentina's Total CO2 Emissions is 20.1x that of Uruguay (183.27 Mt CO2e vs 8.7 Mt CO2e).

Argentina's Land Area is 14.6x that of Uruguay (2.74M km² vs 175.0K km²).

Argentina's Highest Elevation is 12.5x that of Uruguay (7.0K m vs 514 m).

Key Comparisons

Mobile Money AccountsArgentina leads

Argentina

56.74% of adults

Uruguay

1.2% of adults

Inflation RateArgentina leads

Argentina

219.88%

Uruguay

4.8%

Total CO2 EmissionsArgentina leads

Argentina

183.27 Mt CO2e

Uruguay

8.7 Mt CO2e

Land AreaArgentina leads

Argentina

2.74M km²

Uruguay

175.0K km²

Highest ElevationArgentina leads

Argentina

7.0K m

Uruguay

514 m

Forest AreaArgentina leads

Argentina

282.5K km²

Uruguay

20.9K km²

All Metrics

Mobile Money Accounts

Argentina

56.74% of adults

Uruguay

1.2% of adults

4500% higher

Inflation Rate

Argentina

219.88%

Uruguay

4.8%

4481% higher

Total CO2 Emissions

Argentina

183.27 Mt CO2e

Uruguay

8.7 Mt CO2e

2008% higher

Land Area

Argentina

2.74M km²

Uruguay

175.0K km²

1464% higher

Highest Elevation

Argentina

7.0K m

Uruguay

514 m

1254% higher

Forest Area

Argentina

282.5K km²

Uruguay

20.9K km²

1249% higher

Population

Argentina

45.42M

Uruguay

3.45M

1217% higher

Airports

Argentina

775

Uruguay

1092% higher

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Argentina

22 gold medals

Uruguay

2.0 gold medals

1000% higher

Railway Length

Argentina

17.9K km

Uruguay

1.7K km

968% higher

Scientific Publications

Argentina

9.1K

Uruguay

1.1K

762% higher

Electricity Generation

Argentina

147.18 TWh

Uruguay

17.27 TWh

752% higher

Electric Generating Capacity

Argentina

47.63M kW

Uruguay

5.68M kW

738% higher

Water Withdrawal

Argentina

37.69 B m³

Uruguay

4.5 B m³

736% higher

All-Time Olympic Medals

Argentina

80 medals

Uruguay

10 medals

700% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Argentina

$638,365,455,340.04

Uruguay

$80,961,511,073.58

688% higher

Firms Making Informal Payments

Argentina

6.8% of firms

Uruguay

0.88% of firms

681% higher

Coastline Length

Argentina

5.0K km

Uruguay

660 km

656% higher

Political Corruption Index

Argentina

0.41

Uruguay

0.06

655% higher

Land Border Length

Argentina

12.0K km

Uruguay

1.6K km

652% higher

Comparison of Argentina and Uruguay across 124 metrics
				Winner
Mobile Money Accounts	56.74% of adults	1.2% of adults	4500% higher	Argentina
Inflation Rate	219.88%	4.8%	4481% higher	Argentina
Total CO2 Emissions	183.27 Mt CO2e	8.7 Mt CO2e	2008% higher	Argentina
Land Area	2.74M km²	175.0K km²	1464% higher	Argentina
Highest Elevation	7.0K m	514 m	1254% higher	Argentina
Forest Area	282.5K km²	20.9K km²	1249% higher	Argentina
Population	45.42M	3.45M	1217% higher	Argentina
Airports	775	65	1092% higher	Argentina
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	22 gold medals	2.0 gold medals	1000% higher	Argentina
Railway Length	17.9K km	1.7K km	968% higher	Argentina
Scientific Publications	9.1K	1.1K	762% higher	Argentina
Electricity Generation	147.18 TWh	17.27 TWh	752% higher	Argentina
Electric Generating Capacity	47.63M kW	5.68M kW	738% higher	Argentina
Water Withdrawal	37.69 B m³	4.5 B m³	736% higher	Argentina
All-Time Olympic Medals	80 medals	10 medals	700% higher	Argentina
GDP (Nominal)	$638,365,455,340.04	$80,961,511,073.58	688% higher	Argentina
Firms Making Informal Payments	6.8% of firms	0.88% of firms	681% higher	Argentina
Coastline Length	5.0K km	660 km	656% higher	Argentina
Political Corruption Index	0.41	0.06	655% higher	Argentina
Land Border Length	12.0K km	1.6K km	652% higher	Argentina
Firms Asked for Bribes	9.3% of firms	1.3% of firms	625% higher	Argentina
Irrigated Land	13.9K km²	2.2K km²	524% higher	Argentina
Armed Forces Personnel	103.0K	22.0K	368% higher	Argentina
Electricity Carbon Intensity	346 gCO2/kWh	80.4 gCO2/kWh	330% higher	Argentina
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	12 sites	3.0 sites	300% higher	Argentina
Merchant Fleet Size	201	58	247% higher	Argentina
Protected Land (%)	8.8%	3.1%	184% higher	Argentina
Water Stress (%)	12.91%	4.9%	164% higher	Argentina
Border Neighbors	5.0	2.0	150% higher	Argentina
Beer Consumption	3.4 L/person/yr	1.7 L/person/yr	95% higher	Argentina
Renewable Energy (%)	9.2%	57.8%	84% lower	Uruguay
Informal Employment Share	51.58% of employed people	28.54% of employed people	81% higher	Argentina
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.15 per 100k people	0.72 per 100k people	80% lower	Uruguay
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	74.53 per 100k	314.77 per 100k	76% lower	Uruguay
Military Spending	0.62% of GDP	2.3% of GDP	73% lower	Uruguay
Wind Electricity Share	12.16%	40.62%	70% lower	Uruguay
Suicide Rate	7.9 per 100k	24.75 per 100k	68% lower	Uruguay
Firms Hit by Power Outages	65.11% of firms	40.22% of firms	62% higher	Argentina
High-Tech Exports (%)	3.9%	9.8%	61% lower	Uruguay
Homicide Rate	4.5 per 100k	11.25 per 100k	60% lower	Uruguay
CO2 Per Capita	3.7 t/person/yr	2.4 t/person/yr	59% higher	Argentina
Firms with Female Top Manager	8.0% of firms	19.16% of firms	58% lower	Uruguay
Tourism Revenue	$1,702,000,000	$1,085,000,000	57% higher	Argentina
Shipping Traffic	1.67M	1.08M	54% higher	Argentina
Corruption Perceptions Index	36 pts	73 pts	51% lower	Uruguay
Time Zones Count	1.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% lower	Uruguay
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	20 days/yr	50% lower	Uruguay
Women in Parliament (%)	42.41%	28.28%	50% higher	Argentina
Infant Mortality	8.2 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	49% higher	Argentina
Agricultural Land (%)	42.44%	81.35%	48% lower	Uruguay
Exports (% GDP)	15.25% of GDP	28.76% of GDP	47% lower	Uruguay
Imports (% GDP)	12.68% of GDP	23.7% of GDP	47% lower	Uruguay
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	9.9% of GDP	18.16% of GDP	45% lower	Uruguay
Researchers	1.3K per 1M	902.42 per 1M	44% higher	Argentina
Child Mortality	9.6 per 1k births	6.7 per 1k births	43% higher	Argentina
Alcohol Consumption	8.1 L/adult/yr	5.6 L/adult/yr	43% higher	Argentina
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	14.91 µg/m³	10.57 µg/m³	41% higher	Argentina
Nurses & Midwives	4.4 per 1k	7.3 per 1k	40% lower	Uruguay
Capital Elevation	25 m	41 m	39% lower	Uruguay
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	4.8 per 1M people	7.8 per 1M people	39% lower	Uruguay
GNI Per Capita	$13,530	$21,650	38% lower	Uruguay
Big Mac Price	$5.53	$8.76	37% lower	Uruguay
University Enrollment Rate	107.82%	79.95%	35% higher	Argentina
Liberal Democracy Index	0.52	0.79	34% lower	Uruguay
Solar Electricity Share	3.4%	5.1%	34% lower	Uruguay
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	3.3 per 1k	2.5 per 1k	32% higher	Argentina
Road Traffic Death Rate	8.8 per 100k	13 per 100k	32% lower	Uruguay
Vehicles per 1,000 People	492.79 per 1k people	693.05 per 1k people	29% lower	Uruguay
Seafood Consumption per Person	6.8 kg/person/yr	9.3 kg/person/yr	27% lower	Uruguay
Health Spending Per Capita	$1,370.88	$1,850.81	26% lower	Uruguay
Meat Consumption per Person	109.39 kg/person/yr	87.3 kg/person/yr	25% higher	Argentina
Youth Unemployment Rate	19.19% of youth labor force	25.15% of youth labor force	24% lower	Uruguay
Education Spending (% GDP)	5.9% of GDP	4.8% of GDP	23% higher	Argentina
Elderly Population (%)	12.42%	16.05%	23% lower	Uruguay
Broadband Access (%)	25 per 100 people	32 per 100 people	22% lower	Uruguay
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.8K kWh/person	3.6K kWh/person	21% lower	Uruguay
Freedom of Expression Index	0.74	0.93	21% lower	Uruguay
Death Rate	7.9 per 1k	9.9 per 1k	20% lower	Uruguay
Electoral Democracy Index	0.69	0.86	20% lower	Uruguay
Youth Population (%)	21.6%	18.29%	18% higher	Argentina
Credit Card Ownership	29.91% of adults	36.55% of adults	18% lower	Uruguay
Government Debt (% GDP)	55% of GDP	66.4% of GDP	17% lower	Uruguay
Smoking Rate	23.8%	20.5%	16% higher	Argentina
Birth Rate	10.47 per 1k	9.1 per 1k	16% higher	Argentina
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$30,431.19	$36,417.87	16% lower	Uruguay
Population Density	16.64 /km²	19.36 /km²	14% lower	Uruguay
Forest Coverage (%)	10.32%	11.96%	14% lower	Uruguay
Insufficient Physical Activity	38.21% of adults	33.55% of adults	14% higher	Argentina
Spirits Consumption	0.61 L/person/yr	0.70 L/person/yr	13% lower	Uruguay
Fertility Rate	1.4 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	13% higher	Argentina
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.8K kg oil eq/person	1.6K kg oil eq/person	13% higher	Argentina
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.55% of GDP	0.63% of GDP	12% lower	Uruguay
Median Age	32.1 years	35.8 years	10% lower	Uruguay
Hypertension Prevalence	46.7% of adults	42.3% of adults	10% higher	Argentina
Health Spending (% GDP)	9.9% of GDP	8.9% of GDP	10% higher	Argentina
Tobacco Use Prevalence	23.2% of adults	21.3% of adults	9% higher	Argentina
Doctors (per 1,000)	5.1 per 1k	4.7 per 1k	9% higher	Argentina
Women in Senior Management	36.39% of managers	33.76% of managers	8% higher	Argentina
Milk Consumption per Person	195.08 kg/person/yr	210.54 kg/person/yr	7% lower	Uruguay
Inequality (Gini)	42.4	40	6% higher	Argentina
Unemployment Rate	7.9%	8.4%	6% lower	Uruguay
Digital Payments Used	72.21% of adults	67.99% of adults	6% higher	Argentina
Women's Political Empowerment	0.83	0.88	5% lower	Uruguay
Obesity Rate	36.03%	34.67%	4% higher	Argentina
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	140 per 100 people	146 per 100 people	4% lower	Uruguay
Internet Users (%)	89.67%	91.99%	3% lower	Uruguay
Life Evaluation Score	6.4 pts	6.6 pts	3% lower	Uruguay
Urban Population (%)	92.27%	95.6%	3% lower	Uruguay
Can Raise Emergency Money	91.75% of adults	88.68% of adults	3% higher	Argentina
Food Waste per Person	141.64 kg/person/yr	145.45 kg/person/yr	3% lower	Uruguay
Teen Birth Rate	26.41 per 1k	26.19 per 1k	1% higher	Argentina
Dependency Ratio	51.56% of working-age pop.	52.3% of working-age pop.	1% lower	Uruguay
Average Weekly Work Hours	36.45 hrs/week	36.84 hrs/week	1% lower	Uruguay
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.8%	100%	1% lower	Uruguay
Life Expectancy	77.4 years	78.1 years	1% lower	Uruguay
Human Development Index	0.86	0.86	equal	Argentina
Coal Electricity Share	1.8%	0%	ranked higher	Argentina
Electricity Access (%)	100%	100%	equal	Argentina
Adult Literacy Rate	99.14%	98.91%	equal	Argentina
GDP Growth Rate	-1.34%	3.1%	ranked lower	Uruguay
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0.09 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Argentina
Lowest Elevation	-105 m	0 m	ranked lower	Uruguay
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-1.1% of GDP	-0.5% of GDP	ranked lower	Uruguay
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	1.8% of GDP	-4.89% of GDP	ranked higher	Argentina

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Analysis

Argentina leads in 67 of 124 shared metrics, while Uruguay leads in 57.

Argentina's Mobile Money Accounts is 45.0x that of Uruguay (56.74% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Argentina's Inflation Rate is 44.8x that of Uruguay (219.88% vs 4.8%).

Argentina's Total CO2 Emissions is 20.1x that of Uruguay (183.27 Mt CO2e vs 8.7 Mt CO2e).

Argentina's Land Area is 14.6x that of Uruguay (2.74M km² vs 175.0K km²).

Argentina's Highest Elevation is 12.5x that of Uruguay (7.0K m vs 514 m).

Key Comparisons

Mobile Money AccountsArgentina leads

Argentina

56.74% of adults

Uruguay

1.2% of adults

Inflation RateArgentina leads

Argentina

219.88%

Uruguay

4.8%

Total CO2 EmissionsArgentina leads

Argentina

183.27 Mt CO2e

Uruguay

8.7 Mt CO2e

Land AreaArgentina leads

Argentina

2.74M km²

Uruguay

175.0K km²

Highest ElevationArgentina leads

Argentina

7.0K m

Uruguay

514 m

Forest AreaArgentina leads

Argentina

282.5K km²

Uruguay

20.9K km²

Mobile Money Accounts

56.74% of adults

1.2% of adults

Inflation Rate

219.88%

4.8%

Total CO2 Emissions

183.27 Mt CO2e

8.7 Mt CO2e

Land Area

2.74M km²

175.0K km²

Highest Elevation

7.0K m

514 m

Forest Area

282.5K km²

20.9K km²

Population

45.42M

3.45M

Airports

775

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

22 gold medals

2.0 gold medals

Railway Length

17.9K km

1.7K km

Scientific Publications

9.1K

1.1K

Electricity Generation

147.18 TWh

17.27 TWh

Electric Generating Capacity

47.63M kW

5.68M kW

Water Withdrawal

37.69 B m³

4.5 B m³

All-Time Olympic Medals

80 medals

10 medals

GDP (Nominal)

$638,365,455,340.04

$80,961,511,073.58

Firms Making Informal Payments

6.8% of firms

0.88% of firms

Coastline Length

5.0K km

660 km

Political Corruption Index

0.41

0.06

Land Border Length

12.0K km

1.6K km

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Mobile Money Accounts

Inflation Rate

Total CO2 Emissions

Land Area

Highest Elevation

Forest Area

Population

Airports

All-Time Olympic Gold Medals

Railway Length

Scientific Publications

Electricity Generation

Electric Generating Capacity

Water Withdrawal

All-Time Olympic Medals

GDP (Nominal)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Coastline Length

Political Corruption Index

Land Border Length

Firms Asked for Bribes

Irrigated Land

Armed Forces Personnel

Electricity Carbon Intensity

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Merchant Fleet Size

Protected Land (%)

Water Stress (%)

Border Neighbors

Beer Consumption

Renewable Energy (%)

Informal Employment Share

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Military Spending

Wind Electricity Share

Suicide Rate

Firms Hit by Power Outages

High-Tech Exports (%)

Homicide Rate

CO2 Per Capita

Firms with Female Top Manager

Tourism Revenue

Shipping Traffic

Corruption Perceptions Index

Time Zones Count

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Women in Parliament (%)

Infant Mortality

Agricultural Land (%)

Exports (% GDP)

Imports (% GDP)

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

Researchers

Child Mortality

Alcohol Consumption

Air Pollution (PM2.5)

Nurses & Midwives

Capital Elevation

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

GNI Per Capita

Big Mac Price

University Enrollment Rate

Liberal Democracy Index

Solar Electricity Share

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Road Traffic Death Rate

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Seafood Consumption per Person

Health Spending Per Capita

Meat Consumption per Person

Youth Unemployment Rate