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Paraguay vs Uruguay

120 shared metrics.

ParaguayLeads in 46

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UruguayLeads in 74

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Paraguay

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Identity

Formal name: Republic of Paraguay.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Paraguay is officially bilingual: Spanish and Guarani both belong on the national language map.

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Uruguay

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

CIA 2026

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

IEA

Analysis

Uruguay leads in 74 of 120 shared metrics, while Paraguay leads in 46.

Paraguay's Mobile Money Accounts is 28.1x that of Uruguay (35.95% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Paraguay's Political Corruption Index is 13.6x that of Uruguay (0.80 vs 0.06).

Paraguay's Firms Making Informal Payments is 13.3x that of Uruguay (12.54% of firms vs 0.88% of firms).

Paraguay's Firms Asked for Bribes is 11.6x that of Uruguay (16.08% of firms vs 1.3% of firms).

Paraguay's Forest Area is 6.3x that of Uruguay (152.6K km² vs 20.9K km²).

Key Comparisons

Mobile Money AccountsParaguay leads

Paraguay

35.95% of adults

Uruguay

1.2% of adults

Political Corruption IndexParaguay leads

Paraguay

0.80

Uruguay

0.06

Firms Making Informal PaymentsParaguay leads

Paraguay

12.54% of firms

Uruguay

0.88% of firms

Firms Asked for BribesParaguay leads

Paraguay

16.08% of firms

Uruguay

1.3% of firms

Forest AreaParaguay leads

Paraguay

152.6K km²

Uruguay

20.9K km²

Protected Land (%)Paraguay leads

Uruguay

Paraguay

30 km

Uruguay

1.7K km

98% lower

Shipping Traffic

Uruguay

Paraguay

37.9K

Uruguay

1.08M

96% lower

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Uruguay

Paraguay

28.78 per 100k

Uruguay

314.77 per 100k

91% lower

Tourism Revenue

Uruguay

Paraguay

$104,000,000

Uruguay

$1,085,000,000

90% lower

Comparison of Paraguay and Uruguay across 120 metrics
				Winner
Mobile Money Accounts	35.95% of adults	1.2% of adults	2815% higher	Paraguay
Political Corruption Index	0.80	0.06	1356% higher	Paraguay
Firms Making Informal Payments	12.54% of firms	0.88% of firms	1331% higher	Paraguay
Firms Asked for Bribes	16.08% of firms	1.3% of firms	1158% higher	Paraguay
Forest Area	152.6K km²	20.9K km²	629% higher	Paraguay
Protected Land (%)	14.9%	3.1%	381% higher	Paraguay
Forest Coverage (%)	38.54%	11.96%	222% higher	Paraguay
Land Border Length	4.7K km	1.6K km	193% higher	Paraguay
Infant Mortality	15.1 per 1k births	5.5 per 1k births	175% higher	Paraguay
Teen Birth Rate	70.33 per 1k	26.19 per 1k	169% higher	Paraguay
Spirits Consumption	1.8 L/person/yr	0.70 L/person/yr	161% higher	Paraguay
Electricity Generation	44.24 TWh	17.27 TWh	156% higher	Paraguay
Child Mortality	17 per 1k births	6.7 per 1k births	154% higher	Paraguay
Land Area	396.0K km²	175.0K km²	126% higher	Paraguay
Informal Employment Share	64.46% of employed people	28.54% of employed people	126% higher	Paraguay
Population	7.60M	3.45M	120% higher	Paraguay
Railway Length	30 km	1.7K km	98% lower	Uruguay
Shipping Traffic	37.9K	1.08M	96% lower	Uruguay
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	28.78 per 100k	314.77 per 100k	91% lower	Uruguay
Tourism Revenue	$104,000,000	$1,085,000,000	90% lower	Uruguay
All-Time Olympic Medals	1.0 medals	10 medals	90% lower	Uruguay
Firms Hit by Power Outages	75.65% of firms	40.22% of firms	88% higher	Paraguay
Merchant Fleet Size	108	58	86% higher	Paraguay
Researchers	133.2 per 1M	902.42 per 1M	85% lower	Uruguay
R&D Spending (% GDP)	0.12% of GDP	0.63% of GDP	81% lower	Uruguay
Scientific Publications	208.68	1.1K	80% lower	Uruguay
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	2.0 per 1M people	7.8 per 1M people	75% lower	Uruguay
Suicide Rate	6.4 per 100k	24.75 per 100k	74% lower	Uruguay
Health Spending Per Capita	$480.19	$1,850.81	74% lower	Uruguay
Birth Rate	15.66 per 1k	9.1 per 1k	73% higher	Paraguay
Credit Card Ownership	9.9% of adults	36.55% of adults	73% lower	Uruguay
Tobacco Use Prevalence	6.0% of adults	21.3% of adults	72% lower	Uruguay
Government Debt (% GDP)	18.9% of GDP	66.4% of GDP	72% lower	Uruguay
GNI Per Capita	$6,300	$21,650	71% lower	Uruguay
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.21 per 100k people	0.72 per 100k people	71% lower	Uruguay
Electricity Carbon Intensity	24.7 gCO2/kWh	80.4 gCO2/kWh	69% lower	Uruguay
Corruption Perceptions Index	24 pts	73 pts	67% lower	Uruguay
Imports (% GDP)	39.63% of GDP	23.7% of GDP	67% higher	Paraguay
Beer Consumption	2.8 L/person/yr	1.7 L/person/yr	64% higher	Paraguay
Milk Consumption per Person	75.72 kg/person/yr	210.54 kg/person/yr	64% lower	Uruguay
Highest Elevation	842 m	514 m	64% higher	Paraguay
Road Traffic Death Rate	21 per 100k	13 per 100k	62% higher	Paraguay
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	1.0 per 1k	2.5 per 1k	60% lower	Uruguay
Military Spending	0.93% of GDP	2.3% of GDP	60% lower	Uruguay
Broadband Access (%)	13 per 100 people	32 per 100 people	59% lower	Uruguay
Elderly Population (%)	6.5%	16.05%	59% lower	Uruguay
Water Stress (%)	2.1%	4.9%	58% lower	Uruguay
Vehicles per 1,000 People	299.55 per 1k people	693.05 per 1k people	57% lower	Uruguay
Electric Generating Capacity	8.93M kW	5.68M kW	57% higher	Paraguay
Youth Population (%)	28.59%	18.29%	56% higher	Paraguay
Youth Unemployment Rate	11.69% of youth labor force	25.15% of youth labor force	54% lower	Uruguay
Seafood Consumption per Person	4.3 kg/person/yr	9.3 kg/person/yr	53% lower	Uruguay
Liberal Democracy Index	0.38	0.79	52% lower	Uruguay
CO2 Per Capita	1.1 t/person/yr	2.4 t/person/yr	51% lower	Uruguay
Time Zones Count	3.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	50% higher	Paraguay
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	10 days/yr	20 days/yr	50% lower	Uruguay
Death Rate	5.0 per 1k	9.9 per 1k	50% lower	Uruguay
Border Neighbors	3.0	2.0	50% higher	Paraguay
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$18,523.68	$36,417.87	49% lower	Uruguay
Smoking Rate	10.7%	20.5%	48% lower	Uruguay
Fertility Rate	1.9 children/woman	1.3 children/woman	48% higher	Paraguay
Water Withdrawal	2.4 B m³	4.5 B m³	46% lower	Uruguay
GDP (Nominal)	$44,458,118,397.44	$80,961,511,073.58	45% lower	Uruguay
Homicide Rate	6.8 per 100k	11.25 per 100k	40% lower	Uruguay
Irrigated Land	1.4K km²	2.2K km²	39% lower	Uruguay
Meat Consumption per Person	54.07 kg/person/yr	87.3 kg/person/yr	38% lower	Uruguay
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	11.4% of GDP	18.16% of GDP	37% lower	Uruguay
GDP Growth Rate	4.3%	3.1%	37% higher	Paraguay
Energy Use (Per Capita)	1.0K kg oil eq/person	1.6K kg oil eq/person	36% lower	Uruguay
Hypertension Prevalence	56.6% of adults	42.3% of adults	34% higher	Paraguay
Agricultural Land (%)	54.11%	81.35%	33% lower	Uruguay
Electoral Democracy Index	0.58	0.86	33% lower	Uruguay
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	2.4K kWh/person	3.6K kWh/person	33% lower	Uruguay
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	2.0 sites	3.0 sites	33% lower	Uruguay
Armed Forces Personnel	29.0K	22.0K	32% higher	Paraguay
Airports	85	65	31% higher	Paraguay
Exports (% GDP)	37.2% of GDP	28.76% of GDP	29% higher	Paraguay
Education Spending (% GDP)	3.4% of GDP	4.8% of GDP	29% lower	Uruguay
Unemployment Rate	6.1%	8.4%	27% lower	Uruguay
Urban Population (%)	69.86%	95.6%	27% lower	Uruguay
Median Age	26.3 years	35.8 years	26% lower	Uruguay
Women's Political Empowerment	0.67	0.88	24% lower	Uruguay
Inflation Rate	3.8%	4.8%	21% lower	Uruguay
Freedom of Expression Index	0.75	0.93	19% lower	Uruguay
Digital Payments Used	55.47% of adults	67.99% of adults	18% lower	Uruguay
Doctors (per 1,000)	3.9 per 1k	4.7 per 1k	17% lower	Uruguay
Women in Parliament (%)	23.75%	28.28%	16% lower	Uruguay
Average Weekly Work Hours	41.79 hrs/week	36.84 hrs/week	13% higher	Paraguay
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	127 per 100 people	146 per 100 people	13% lower	Uruguay
Health Spending (% GDP)	7.7% of GDP	8.9% of GDP	13% lower	Uruguay
Human Development Index	0.76	0.86	12% lower	Uruguay
Population Density	17.28 /km²	19.36 /km²	11% lower	Uruguay
Inequality (Gini)	44.2	40	11% higher	Paraguay
Internet Users (%)	81.58%	91.99%	11% lower	Uruguay
Can Raise Emergency Money	80.26% of adults	88.68% of adults	9% lower	Uruguay
Food Waste per Person	157.87 kg/person/yr	145.45 kg/person/yr	9% higher	Paraguay
Total CO2 Emissions	8.0 Mt CO2e	8.7 Mt CO2e	8% lower	Uruguay
Obesity Rate	32.08%	34.67%	7% lower	Uruguay
Life Evaluation Score	6.2 pts	6.6 pts	7% lower	Uruguay
High-Tech Exports (%)	10.5%	9.8%	7% higher	Paraguay
Insufficient Physical Activity	35.96% of adults	33.55% of adults	7% higher	Paraguay
Life Expectancy	73.8 years	78.1 years	5% lower	Uruguay
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	10.09 µg/m³	10.57 µg/m³	5% lower	Uruguay
Capital Elevation	43 m	41 m	5% higher	Paraguay
Dependency Ratio	54.14% of working-age pop.	52.3% of working-age pop.	4% higher	Paraguay
Adult Literacy Rate	94.86%	98.91%	4% lower	Uruguay
Sanitation Access (%)	95.93%	99.15%	3% lower	Uruguay
Renewable Energy (%)	58.8%	57.8%	2% higher	Paraguay
Coastline Length	0 km	660 km	ranked lower	Uruguay
Coal Electricity Share	0%	0%	ranked higher	Paraguay
Wind Electricity Share	0%	40.62%	ranked lower	Uruguay
Solar Electricity Share	0%	5.1%	ranked lower	Uruguay
Electricity Access (%)	99.8%	100%	equal	Uruguay
Alcohol Consumption	5.6 L/adult/yr	5.6 L/adult/yr	equal	Paraguay
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Paraguay
Lowest Elevation	46 m	0 m	ranked higher	Paraguay
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-3.5% of GDP	-0.5% of GDP	ranked lower	Uruguay
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	0.90% of GDP	-4.89% of GDP	ranked higher	Paraguay
All-Time Olympic Gold Medals	0 gold medals	2.0 gold medals	ranked lower	Uruguay
Firms with Female Top Manager	19.06% of firms	19.16% of firms	equal	Uruguay

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Analysis

Uruguay leads in 74 of 120 shared metrics, while Paraguay leads in 46.

Paraguay's Mobile Money Accounts is 28.1x that of Uruguay (35.95% of adults vs 1.2% of adults).

Paraguay's Political Corruption Index is 13.6x that of Uruguay (0.80 vs 0.06).

Paraguay's Firms Making Informal Payments is 13.3x that of Uruguay (12.54% of firms vs 0.88% of firms).

Paraguay's Firms Asked for Bribes is 11.6x that of Uruguay (16.08% of firms vs 1.3% of firms).

Paraguay's Forest Area is 6.3x that of Uruguay (152.6K km² vs 20.9K km²).

Key Comparisons

Mobile Money AccountsParaguay leads

Paraguay

35.95% of adults

Uruguay

1.2% of adults

Political Corruption IndexParaguay leads

Paraguay

0.80

Uruguay

0.06

Firms Making Informal PaymentsParaguay leads

Paraguay

12.54% of firms

Uruguay

0.88% of firms

Firms Asked for BribesParaguay leads

Paraguay

16.08% of firms

Uruguay

1.3% of firms

Forest AreaParaguay leads

Paraguay

152.6K km²

Uruguay

20.9K km²

Protected Land (%)Paraguay leads

Paraguay

14.9%

Uruguay

3.1%

Mobile Money Accounts

35.95% of adults

1.2% of adults

Political Corruption Index

0.80

0.06

Firms Making Informal Payments

12.54% of firms

0.88% of firms

Firms Asked for Bribes

16.08% of firms

1.3% of firms

Forest Area

152.6K km²

20.9K km²

Protected Land (%)

14.9%

3.1%

Forest Coverage (%)

38.54%

11.96%

Land Border Length

4.7K km

1.6K km

Infant Mortality

15.1 per 1k births

5.5 per 1k births

Teen Birth Rate

70.33 per 1k

26.19 per 1k

Spirits Consumption

1.8 L/person/yr

0.70 L/person/yr

Electricity Generation

44.24 TWh

17.27 TWh

Child Mortality

17 per 1k births

6.7 per 1k births

Land Area

396.0K km²

175.0K km²

Informal Employment Share

64.46% of employed people

28.54% of employed people

Population

7.60M

3.45M

Railway Length

30 km

1.7K km

Shipping Traffic

37.9K

1.08M

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

28.78 per 100k

314.77 per 100k

Tourism Revenue

$104,000,000

$1,085,000,000

Paraguay vs Uruguay

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Mobile Money Accounts

Political Corruption Index

Firms Making Informal Payments

Firms Asked for Bribes

Forest Area

Protected Land (%)

Forest Coverage (%)

Land Border Length

Infant Mortality

Teen Birth Rate

Spirits Consumption

Electricity Generation

Child Mortality

Land Area

Informal Employment Share

Population

Railway Length

Shipping Traffic

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Tourism Revenue

All-Time Olympic Medals

Firms Hit by Power Outages

Merchant Fleet Size

Researchers

R&D Spending (% GDP)

Scientific Publications

McDonald's Outlets per Million People

Suicide Rate

Health Spending Per Capita

Birth Rate

Credit Card Ownership

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Government Debt (% GDP)

GNI Per Capita

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Corruption Perceptions Index

Imports (% GDP)

Beer Consumption

Milk Consumption per Person

Highest Elevation

Road Traffic Death Rate

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Military Spending

Broadband Access (%)

Elderly Population (%)

Water Stress (%)

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Electric Generating Capacity

Youth Population (%)

Youth Unemployment Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Liberal Democracy Index

CO2 Per Capita

Time Zones Count

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Death Rate

Border Neighbors

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Smoking Rate

Fertility Rate

Water Withdrawal

GDP (Nominal)

Homicide Rate

Irrigated Land

Meat Consumption per Person

Tax Revenue (% GDP)

GDP Growth Rate

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Hypertension Prevalence

Agricultural Land (%)

Electoral Democracy Index