Uruguay: Financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2015, Uruguay's financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) rose 6.49 billion on 2014 (from 38.38 billion to 44.87 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2014), the average change was +1.28 billion and a typical year strayed about 1.83 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 6.49 billion in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.32 billion in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2006 to 2015 the straight-line trend is upward, about 3.35 billion a year. A straight line explains 95% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

Closest to Uruguay in the 2015 ranking

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What this measures

Financial intermediation services which are implicitly charged in the form of either the difference between a reference rate and the interest rate actually paid to depositors, or the difference between the interest rate charged to borrowers and a reference rate. This indicator is expressed in current prices, meaning no adjustment has been made to account for price changes over time. This series is expressed in local currency units.

All 33 values

Financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) in nearby economies

• Bolivia — 0 (2023)
• Grenada — 31.07 million (2025)
• Guyana — 38.89 billion (2025)
• Honduras — 58.85 billion (2025)
• Sint Maarten (Dutch part) — 36.43 million (2021)
• St. Kitts and Nevis — 32.85 million (2025)

More economic policy & debt data for Uruguay

• Total reserves, including gold (current US$) — US$18.99 billion (2025)
• Total reserves, excluding gold (current US$) — US$18.97 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$15.02 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 618.82 billion (2025)
• General government final consumption expenditure (% of GDP) — 17.6% (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current US$) — US$67.76 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (current LCU) — 2.79 trillion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant 2015 US$) — US$53.61 billion (2025)
• Final consumption expenditure (constant LCU)

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Questions people ask

What is Uruguay's financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU)?

44.87 billion in 2015, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1983?

It is up 322,708% from 13.9 million in 1983 (28.72% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 44.87 billion in 2015 and the lowest -466.35 million in 1989.

Is the latest change in financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) unusual for Uruguay?

In 2015, Uruguay's financial Intermediary Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) (current LCU) rose 6.49 billion on 2014 (from 38.38 billion to 44.87 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1985 to 2014), the average change was +1.28 billion and a typical year strayed about 1.83 billion from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.9 standard deviations above that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NV.FSM.TOTL.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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