Median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Uruguay

Uruguay: Median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency was 0.8301 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.8301
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
12th
of 67 countries
All-time high
0.8711
in 2017
All-time low
0.4905
in 2004
Years of data
20
1998–2019

Median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Uruguay, 1998–2019

00.20.40.60.81998200820191998: 0.7772000: 0.7912001: 0.6872002: 0.5682003: 0.5012004: 0.4912005: 0.5112006: 0.542007: 0.5692008: 0.5982009: 0.6692010: 0.6762011: 0.7462012: 0.8022014: 0.8542015: 0.8192016: 0.8242017: 0.8712018: 0.8272019: 0.83

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.8301 for median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in 2019.

That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Uruguay peaked at 0.8711 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.4905, in 2004.

That places Uruguay 12th out of 67 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.7765 0.7765 0.7765 1
2000s 0.5926 0.4905 0.7905 10
2010s 0.8054 0.6756 0.8711 9

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 9 Jamaica 2.61 compare
  2. 10 Rwanda 1.17 compare
  3. 11 Sri Lanka 0.8413 compare
  4. 13 Mauritius 0.6391 compare
  5. 14 Thailand 0.5404 compare
  6. 15 Pakistan 0.5364 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Uruguay?
Median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency in Uruguay was 0.8301 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.8711 in 2017.
What is the lowest median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4905 in 2004.
How does Uruguay rank for median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency?
Uruguay ranks 12th out of 67 countries with data for 2019.
Is median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Median earnings per hour, aged 25-64, deflated to 2010 local currency values
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 915 data points, 1981–2021
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