Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP in Uruguay

Uruguay: Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP was 0.0498 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.0498
Change on year
up 0.1%
World rank
26th
of 67 countries
All-time high
0.0521
in 2017
All-time low
0.0295
in 2004
Years of data
20
1998–2019

Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP in Uruguay, 1998–2019

00.020.040.061998200820191998: 0.0452000: 0.0462001: 0.0412002: 0.0342003: 0.0312004: 0.032005: 0.0312006: 0.0332007: 0.0312008: 0.0352009: 0.0392010: 0.0392011: 0.0452012: 0.0452014: 0.0512015: 0.0492016: 0.0492017: 0.0522018: 0.052019: 0.05

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

In 2019, real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Uruguay stood at 0.0498.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Uruguay peaked at 0.0521 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0295, in 2004.

Uruguay ranks 26th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, above primary education in Uruguay, 1998 to 2019.
Year Value Change
1998 0.0451
2000 0.0463 +2.6%
2001 0.0407 -12.1%
2002 0.0344 -15.4%
2003 0.0305 -11.2%
2004 0.0295 -3.3%
2005 0.0306 +3.7%
2006 0.0327 +6.6%
2007 0.0315 -3.7%
2008 0.0349 +10.9%
2009 0.0392 +12.3%
2010 0.0395 +0.8%
2011 0.0446 +13.0%
2012 0.0449 +0.6%
2014 0.0509 +13.4%
2015 0.049 -3.7%
2016 0.0494 +0.7%
2017 0.0521 +5.6%
2018 0.0498 -4.5%
2019 0.0498 +0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0451 0.0451 0.0451 1
2000s 0.035 0.0295 0.0463 10
2010s 0.0478 0.0395 0.0521 9

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 23 Lithuania 0.0533 compare
  2. 24 Belize 0.0524
  3. 25 Turkey 0.0506 compare
  4. 27 Costa Rica 0.049 compare
  5. 28 Chile 0.0465 compare
  6. 29 Bolivia 0.0448 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Uruguay?
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp in Uruguay was 0.0498 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.0521 in 2017.
What is the lowest real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0295 in 2004.
How does Uruguay rank for real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp?
Uruguay ranks 26th out of 67 countries with data for 2019.
Is real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and ppp rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. 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 Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, above primary education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Real median earnings per hour, aged 15-64, deflated to 2010 and PPP adjusted, above primary education
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
67 places, 888 data points, 1990–2021
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