Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Uruguay

Uruguay: Number of employed employees, by industry: Health was 2,778 in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
2,778
Change on year
down 39.0%
World rank
4th
of 30 countries
All-time high
5,711
in 2006
All-time low
1,014
in 2005
Years of data
16
2000–2017

Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Uruguay, 2000–2017

1.0k2.0k3.0k4.0k5.0k6.0k2000200820172000: 1.7k2001: 1.7k2002: 1.7k2003: 1.7k2004: 1.8k2005: 1.0k2006: 5.7k2007: 3.4k2008: 4.7k2009: 3.5k2010: 3.5k2011: 4.6k2012: 3.5k2014: 4.9k2015: 4.6k2017: 2.8k

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

The most recent figure for number of employed employees, by industry: health in Uruguay is 2,778, measured in 2017.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 39.0% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of employed employees, by industry: health in Uruguay peaked at 5,711 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,014, in 2005.

That places Uruguay 4th out of 30 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Number of employed employees, by industry: Health in Uruguay, 2000 to 2017.
Year Value Change
2000 1,689
2001 1,689 +0.0%
2002 1,709 +1.2%
2003 1,676 -1.9%
2004 1,775 +5.9%
2005 1,014 -42.9%
2006 5,711 +463.2%
2007 3,439 -39.8%
2008 4,708 +36.9%
2009 3,487 -25.9%
2010 3,528 +1.2%
2011 4,588 +30.0%
2012 3,539 -22.9%
2014 4,947 +39.8%
2015 4,554 -7.9%
2017 2,778 -39.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 2,690 1,014 5,711 10
2010s 3,989 2,778 4,947 6

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 1 Colombia 18,642 compare
  2. 2 Brazil 7,909 compare
  3. 3 Chile 4,342 compare
  4. 5 Ecuador 2,502 compare
  5. 6 Pakistan 1,891 compare
  6. 7 Jordan 1,872 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is number of employed employees, by industry: health in Uruguay?
Number of employed employees, by industry: health in Uruguay was 2,778 in 2017, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest number of employed employees, by industry: health recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 5,711 in 2006.
What is the lowest number of employed employees, by industry: health recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 1,014 in 2005.
How does Uruguay rank for number of employed employees, by industry: health?
Uruguay ranks 4th out of 30 countries with data for 2017.
Is number of employed employees, by industry: health rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. 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 Number of employed employees, by industry: Health. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Number of employed employees, by industry: Health
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 327 data points, 2000–2021
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