by
paying off $1.1 billion in IMF debt, and continues to follow the
orthodox economic plan set by the Fund in 2005. The construction of
a pulp mill in Fray Bentos, which represents the largest foreign
direct investment in Uruguay's history at $1.2 billion, came online
in November 2007 and is expected to add 1.6% to GDP and boost
already rising exports. The economy has grown strongly since 2004 as
a result of high commodity prices for Uruguayan exports, a strong
peso, growth in the region, and low international interest rates.
GDP (purchasing power parity):
$37.5 billion (2007 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate):
$22.95 billion (2007 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
7.4% (2007 est.)
GDP - per capita (PPP):
$10,800 (2007 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 10.1%
industry: 32%
services: 57.9% (2007 est.)
Labor force:
1.631 million (2007 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 9%
industry: 15%
services: 76% (2007 est.)
Unemployment rate:
9.2% (2007 est.)
Population below poverty line:
27.4% of households (2006)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: 1.9%
highest 10%: 34% (2003)
Distribution of family income - Gini index:
45.2 (2006)
Investment (gross fixed):
13.9% of GDP (2007 est.)
Budget:
revenues: $6.701 billion
expenditures: $6.807 billion (2007 est.)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Public debt:
64.8% of GDP (2007 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
8.1% (2007 est.)
Central bank discount rate:
10% (31 December 2007)
Commercial bank prime lending rate:
8.94% (31 December 2007)
Stock of money:
$2.145 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of quasi money:
$7.919 billion (31 December 2007)
Stock of domestic credit:
$6.396 billion (31 December 2007)
Agriculture - products:
rice, wheat, soybeans, barley; livestock, beef; fish; forestry
Industries:
food processing, electrical machinery, transportation equipment,
petroleum products, textiles, chemicals, beverages
Industrial production growth rate:
7.9% (2007 est.)
Electricity - production:
9.2 billion kWh (2007)
Electricity - consumption:
7.03 billion kWh (2007)
Electricity - exports:
995.4 million kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - imports:
788.4 million kWh (2007 est.)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 0.7%
hydro: 99.1%
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