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Topic 12 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Uruguay: Mobility & Trade
How connected is a country to the rest of the world?
Uruguay is placed 37th of 177 countries on mobility & trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics. Readings behind it: Liner Shipping Connectivity Index 96.1 (2025); Container Import Dwell Time 1.5 (2024).
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37th
of 177 countries placed
Placed from 3 of 4 key statistics
01The evidence
The 4 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Uruguay on mobility & trade — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
Key 1 of 4
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2025 edition · data for 2025 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
96.1
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)
Higher is better
Ranked 55th of 177 by UNCTAD
Uruguay: 96.1. Across the 168 countries in this edition, values run from 4.13 (Turks and Caicos Islands) to 1,313 (China); the world median is 60.84.
- World median
- 60.84
- Best in South America
- 208.26 Colombia
- Land neighbours
- Argentina 110.29 · Brazil 164.23
1.5
Median days a full import container waits in port
Lower is better
Uruguay: 1.5. Across the 156 countries in this edition, values run from 1 (Gibraltar) to 21.6 (Haiti); the world median is 4.4.
- World median
- 4.4
- Best in South America
- 1.5 Uruguay
- Land neighbours
- Argentina 6 · Brazil 5.6
3
LPI score (1–5)
Higher is better
Ranked 61st of 139 by World Bank Group
Uruguay: 3. Across the 139 countries in this edition, values run from 1.9 (Afghanistan) to 4.3 (Singapore); the world median is 2.9.
- World median
- 2.9
- Best in South America
- 3.2 Brazil
- Land neighbours
- Argentina 2.8 · Brazil 3.2
Key 4 of 4
ICT Goods Exports
UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
2024 edition · data for 2024 · CC BY 3.0 IGO
No reading
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)
Higher is better
UNCTAD publishes no 2024 figure for Uruguay, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 120 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 61.45 (Hong Kong); the world median is 0.975.
- World median
- 0.975
- Best in South America
- 0.35 Colombia
- Land neighbours
- Argentina 0.02 · Brazil 0.23
02Over time
Which way Uruguay is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index
LSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) · higher is better
UruguayWorld median
Uruguay rose from 66.4 in 2006 to 96.38 in 2026; the world median went from 52.25 to 56.21.
Every year’s figures
Year Uruguay World median 2026 96.380 56.21 2025 96.097 60.84 2024 94.662 55.22 2023 97.084 54.78 2022 92.021 51.49 2021 89.186 52.64 2020 85.997 47.86 2019 84.038 51.05 2018 88.552 52.03 2017 88.481 49.87 2016 86.869 48.09 2015 75.732 49.13 2014 88.934 48.08 2013 84.525 51.32 2012 91.913 47.44 2011 92.022 50.26 2010 87.420 50.51 2009 87.658 53.04 2008 65.259 51.68 2007 70.100 55.78 2006 66.401 52.25 Logistics Performance Index
LPI score (1–5) · higher is better
UruguayWorld median
Uruguay rose from 2.509 in 2007 to 3 in 2023; the world median went from 2.529 to 2.9.
Every year’s figures
Year Uruguay World median 2023 3.00 2.900 2018 2.69 2.706 2016 2.97 2.734 2014 2.68 2.753 2012 2.98 2.773 2010 2.75 2.746 2007 2.51 2.529 ICT Goods Exports
ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) · higher is better
UruguayWorld median
Uruguay was at 0.13 in both 2000 and 2023; the world median went from 0.43 to 0.69.
Every year’s figures
Year Uruguay World median 2024 — 0.975000 2023 0.13 0.690000 2022 0.07 0.565000 2021 0.05 0.550000 2020 0.10 0.680000 2019 0.12 0.625000 2018 0.11 0.480000 2017 0.13 0.630000 2016 0.11 0.865000 2015 0.15 0.790000 2014 0.10 0.760000 2013 0.08 0.645000 2012 0.09 0.630000 2011 0.06 0.535000 2010 0.05 0.560000 2009 0.09 0.780000 2008 0.09 0.595000 2007 0.10 0.660000 2006 0.12 0.445000 2005 0.13 0.570000 2004 0.12 0.535000 2003 0.11 0.530000 2002 0.20 0.510000 2001 0.10 0.490000 2000 0.13 0.430000
03In context
Uruguay beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 177 countries on mobility & trade, never a place within the region.
Uruguay and the countries it borders
Standing among all 177; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Liner Shipping Connectivity IndexLSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100) | Container Import Dwell TimeMedian days a full import container waits in port | Logistics Performance IndexLPI score (1–5) | ICT Goods ExportsICT goods exports (% of total goods exports) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 37th | 96.1 | 1.5 | 3 | — |
 Brazil | 80th | 164.23 | 5.6 | 3.2 | 0.23 |
 Argentina | 116th | 110.29 | 6 | 2.8 | 0.02 |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across South America
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 177.
Placed either side on mobility & trade
The countries immediately above and below Uruguay in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Uruguay is ahead of the world, and behind
26 more statistics filed under mobility & trade, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median5
Statistics on which Uruguay does better than the middle country measured.
Freedom of Foreign MovementV-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg · 2025 · world median 1.22.2421.2▲ Improved since 2015
Uruguay: 2.242 · world median 1.2 · Original latent estimate (≈ −3.6 to +2.9); higher = freer movement. V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from -3.642 to 2.727; higher is better.
Position 25th of 176 · derived.
Digitally-Deliverable Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 25.4255.2325.42▲ Improved since 2014
Uruguay: 55.23 · world median 25.42 · Digitally-deliverable services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.377 to 87.15; higher is better.
Position 26th of 170 · derived.
ICT Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 7.47419.497.474▲ Improved since 2014
Uruguay: 19.49 · world median 7.474 · ICT services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 56.25; higher is better.
Position 20th of 118 · derived.
Average Time to Clear Exports Through CustomsWorld Bank Group · 2025 · world median 4.4562.9344.456No earlier reading
Uruguay: 2.934 · world median 4.456 · Average time to clear exports through customs (days). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1 to 27.46; lower is better.
Position 130th of 174 · derived, 1st = worst.
FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2024 · world median 0.0790.0330.079No real change since 2018
Uruguay: 0.033 · world median 0.079 · FDI Regulatory Restrictiveness Index (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 0.567; lower is better.
Position 74th of 104 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median1
Statistics on which Uruguay does worse than the middle country measured.
Digital Services Trade Restrictiveness IndexOECD · 2025 · world median 0.2060.2590.206▲ Improved since 2015
Uruguay: 0.259 · world median 0.206 · Digital STRI (0 = open, 1 = closed). OECD, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.021 to 0.649; lower is better.
Position 49th of 125 · derived, 1st = worst.
No better end20
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Asylum-Seekers by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 1,83627,2881,836Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 27,288 · world median 1,836 · Asylum-seekers awaiting a decision, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 3,718,945.
Commodity Export DependenceUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 67.1780.9867.17Moved since 2014
Uruguay: 80.98 · world median 67.17 · Commodity exports (% of merchandise exports, three-year average). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 4.605 to 99.77.
Tariff Rate, Applied, Weighted Mean, All ProductsWorld Bank Group · 2022 · world median 3.664.853.66Moved since 2012
Uruguay: 4.85 · world median 3.66 · Applied tariff rate, trade-weighted mean (%). World Bank Group, 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 29.52.
Creative Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 6.1718.6776.171Moved since 2014
Uruguay: 8.677 · world median 6.171 · Creative services exports (% of services exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.002 to 63.91.
Terms of Trade IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 103.23103.8103.23Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 103.8 · world median 103.23 · Terms of trade index (2015 = 100). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 38.2 to 1,448.
International Migrants as a Share of PopulationUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 6.0894.7266.089Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 4.726 · world median 6.089 · International migrants (% of population). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.02 to 100.
Export Concentration IndexUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 0.3060.2920.306Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 0.292 · world median 0.306 · Export concentration index (0–1, normalised Herfindahl–Hirschman). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.059 to 0.933.
Services ExportsUNCTAD · 2025 · world median 9.6028.7989.602Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 8.798 · world median 9.602 · Services exports (% of GDP). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0.085 to 166.21.
EmigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 444,451263,285444,451No real change since 2015
Uruguay: 263,285 · world median 444,451 · Migrants from the country living abroad, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 313 to 18,533,845.
International MigrantsUN DESA Population Division · 2024 · world median 223,323160,064223,323Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 160,064 · world median 223,323 · International migrants living in the country, mid-year (people). UN DESA Population Division, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 246 to 52,375,047.
Net Migration RateUN DESA Population Division · 2023 · world median -0.133-0.443-0.133Moved since 2013
Uruguay: -0.443 · world median -0.133 · Net migrants per 1,000 population. UN DESA Population Division, 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from -61.68 to 39.62.
Refugee Population by Country of AsylumUNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2025 · world median 12,2693,19512,269Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 3,195 · world median 12,269 · Refugees under UNHCR's mandate hosted, end of year (people). UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 2,655,191.
Merchant Fleet by Country of OwnershipUNCTAD · 2026 · world median 275.7369.84275.73Moved since 2016
Uruguay: 69.84 · world median 275.73 · Merchant fleet owned (thousand dead-weight tons). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 397,071.
Container Port TrafficUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1,827,7881,115,0001,827,788Moved since 2014
Uruguay: 1,115,000 · world median 1,827,788 · Container port traffic (TEU, twenty-foot equivalent units). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 17,263 to 299,703,800.
Position 65th of 103 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Exports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 36.3427.0736.34Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 27.07 · world median 36.34 · Exports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.103 to 199.76.
Position 92nd of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, TertiaryUIS · 2023 · world median 5.2792.7595.279Moved since 2013
Uruguay: 2.759 · world median 5.279 · Outbound mobility ratio, tertiary (% of tertiary enrolment at home). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2023 edition, data for 2023.
Published values in that edition run from 0.333 to 1,724.
Trade (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 79.6849.7279.68Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 49.72 · world median 79.68 · Exports plus imports (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 2.382 to 396.65.
Position 106th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Creative Goods ExportsUNCTAD · 2024 · world median 1.2350.1191.235Moved since 2014
Uruguay: 0.119 · world median 1.235 · Creative goods exports (% of merchandise exports). UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 37.23.
Imports of Goods and Services (% of GDP)World Bank Group · 2025 · world median 41.7222.6541.72Moved since 2015
Uruguay: 22.65 · world median 41.72 · Imports of goods and services (% of GDP). World Bank Group, 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 1.279 to 196.89.
Position 116th of 138 · derived, counted from the highest value.
Cereal Import Dependency RatioFAO · 2022 · world median 42.8-60.542.8Moved since 2012
Uruguay: -60.5 · world median 42.8 · Share of the cereal supply that is imported (%). Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), 2022 edition, data for 2022.
Published values in that edition run from -1,894 to 100.
No current reading for Uruguay
Cost of Sending Remittances, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports (last 2023) and Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary (last 2023). Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Mobility & Trade among Uruguay’s 16 topics
Mobility & Trade is Uruguay’s 5th best-placed topic of 16. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Energy10th of 1653/3 keys
- Peace & Security14th of 1774/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties23rd of 1984/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions31st of 1944/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade37th of 1773/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainability40th of 1863/4 keys
- Digital & Technology43rd of 1984/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital45th of 1963/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing54th of 2004/4 keys
- Education & Knowledge55th of 1984/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation51st of 1764/4 keys
- Gender & Equality59th of 1834/4 keys
- Work & Labour62nd of 1824/4 keys
- Risk & Resilience81st of 1934/4 keys
- Poverty & Inequality78th of 1593/3 keys
- Food & Agriculture105th of 1844/4 keys
06The top of the list
Who leads on mobility & trade
The three countries placed highest of 177, and the leaders Uruguay can most readily be measured against.
1
SingaporeSouth-eastern Asia
1st of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
2
MacauEastern Asia
2nd of 177 · 2 of 4 keys
Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
Hong KongEastern Asia
3rd of 177 · 4 of 4 keys
Photo: Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
United States7th4/4 keysHighest in South America
Uruguay37th3/4 keys
Positions out of 177 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Analysis
Charts and analysis about Uruguay and mobility & trade
On mobility & trade
China Leads Global High-Technology Exports
The world’s ten largest high-technology exporters as a treemap, with the rest of the world beside them. Each country’s figure is its own most recent year, between 2022 and 2024.
On mobility & trade
The World’s Safest Airlines for 2025
The eleven safest airlines of 2025, each beside the country it is based in, and the nine things the grading looks at. Three airlines share third place, and the publisher gives an order but no score.
On mobility & trade
The world’s most powerful passports for 2025
Sixteen passports, their mobility scores, and the visa-free, visa-on-arrival and visa-required split behind each. Fourteen share third place while differing in how they reach it.
08Questions
Uruguay on mobility & trade: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Uruguay rank on mobility & trade?
Uruguay is placed 37th of 177 countries on Mobility & Trade in the Country Index 2026, from 3 of its 4 key statistics (Liner Shipping Connectivity Index, Container Import Dwell Time and Logistics Performance Index). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Liner Shipping Connectivity Index figure for Uruguay?
96.1 in 2025 (lSCI (index, average Q1 2023 = 100)), according to UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The world median in the same edition was 60.84.
What is the latest Container Import Dwell Time figure for Uruguay?
1.5 in 2024 (median days a full import container waits in port), according to World Bank Group. The world median in the same edition was 4.4.
How does Uruguay compare with Brazil on mobility & trade?
Brazil is placed 80th of 177, and Uruguay 37th. Liner Shipping Connectivity Index: Brazil 164.23, Uruguay 96.1; Container Import Dwell Time: Brazil 5.6, Uruguay 1.5; Logistics Performance Index: Brazil 3.2, Uruguay 3.
How have Uruguay’s mobility & trade figures changed?
Liner Shipping Connectivity Index rose from 66.4 in 2006 to 96.38 in 2026; Logistics Performance Index rose from 2.509 in 2007 to 3 in 2023; ICT Goods Exports was 0.13 in both 2000 and 2023.
Which mobility & trade statistics are missing for Uruguay?
No current reading is published for Uruguay on Cost of Sending Remittances, Foreign Value Added Share of Gross Exports, ICT Goods Exports and Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
09Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
Passport strength and freedom of movement for people are not measured with a key, because the data behind passport rankings is not licensed for reuse here. Trade as a share of the economy, remittance costs and student mobility are published here as context.
How the Mobility & Trade standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 4 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 4 keys to be placed.
The mobility & trade method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Liner Shipping Connectivity Index — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
- Container Import Dwell Time — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- Logistics Performance Index — World Bank Group, CC BY 4.0
- ICT Goods Exports — UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD), CC BY 3.0 IGO
The other 26 statistics on this page come from 8 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Uruguay’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Uruguay (banner) — Elemaki, CC BY 3.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Macau — Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Hong Kong — Base64 and Derivative work by Globe-trotter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Uruguay: Mobility & Trade — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/uruguay/mobility