Flag of
Uruguay Internet in Uruguay

Basic Statistics, 2001-2002
Population 3,337,000
Rural population (% of total pop.), 1999 8.96
GDP per capita (Purchasing Power Parity, PPP) (US$) 8,904
Global Competitiveness Index Ranking (2001-02) 46
UNDP Human Dvlpmnt. Index Ranking (2001, adjusted to GITR* sample) 32
Main telephone lines/100 inhabitants 27.84
Telephone faults/100 main telephone lines 5.60
Internet hosts/10,000 inhabitants 162.02
Personal Computers/100 inhabitants 9.89
Piracy rate (%) 66.00
% PCs connected to Internet 7.69
Internet users per host 6.84
Internet users/100 inhabitants 11.09
Cell phone subscribers/100 inhabitants 13.19
Avg. mnthly. cost/20 hrs. of Internet access (US$) 13.38

* Global Information Technology Report

Source: Center for International Development at Harvard University