Uruguay's imports of goods and services (current LCU) was 796.11 billion in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 121.03% from 360.18 billion in 2015 (8.25% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 796.11 billion | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 484.77 billion | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 360.18 billion | 2015 |
| Highest | 801.06 billion | 2022 |
| Lowest | 2,600 | 1961 |
| Average since 2016 | 593.33 billion | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 2,700 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Uruguay's imports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 3.6% on 2024 (from 768.79 billion to 796.11 billion).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +14.4% and a typical year strayed about 16.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 134.9% in 1974 and the biggest yearly fall was 14.9% in 2009. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is upward, about 56.17 billion a year. A straight line explains 90% 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.
How it compares
In 2025, Uruguay had the 76th highest value of the 137 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
Closest to Uruguay in the 2025 ranking
- Morocco — 72nd of 137: 871.94 billion
- Netherlands — 73rd of 137: 819.14 billion
- Mozambique — 74th of 137: 797.7 billion
- Djibouti — 76th of 137: 787.38 billion
- Romania — 77th of 137: 780.56 billion
- North Macedonia — 78th of 137: 766.14 billion
What this measures
Imports of goods includes change in the economic ownership of goods from non-residents to residents of the compiling economy, irrespective of physical movement of goods across national borders. Imports of services includes services provided by non-residents to residents. 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 66 values
| Year | Imports of goods and services (current LCU) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 796,113,900,000 |
| 2024 | 768,792,200,000 |
| 2023 | 748,688,400,000 |
| 2022 | 801,056,900,000 |
| 2021 | 671,166,200,000 |
| 2020 | 484,774,700,000 |
| 2019 | 479,086,600,000 |
| 2018 | 429,046,700,000 |
| 2017 | 381,156,800,000 |
| 2016 | 373,434,200,000 |
Imports of goods and services (current LCU) in nearby economies
- Argentina — 125.52 trillion (2025)
- Aruba — 5.83 billion (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 6.56 billion (2024)
- Belize — 3.44 billion (2024)
- Bolivia — 96.87 billion (2024)
- Brazil — 2.23 trillion (2025)
- Chile — 103.42 trillion (2025)
- Colombia — 377.93 trillion (2025)
- Costa Rica — 16.91 trillion (2025)
- Cuba — 893.75 billion (2024)
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 imports of goods and services (current LCU)?
- 796.11 billion in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is up 29.49 billion% from 2,700 in 1960 (34.99% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 801.06 billion in 2022 and the lowest 2,600 in 1961.
- How does Uruguay rank?
- 76th highest of 137 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in imports of goods and services (current LCU) unusual for Uruguay?
- In 2025, Uruguay's imports of goods and services (current LCU) rose 3.6% on 2024 (from 768.79 billion to 796.11 billion). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +14.4% and a typical year strayed about 16.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator NE.IMP.GNFS.CN, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Offices (NSOs); National Accounts data files, Central Banks; 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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