🇺🇾 Uruguay Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇺🇾 Uruguay UY / URY #89

Nomad Score 58.0

Cities 16

Region Union of South American Nations, Latin America, Southern Cone, Hispanophone, Remote Work Friendly Countries, South America, Americas, South America, Developing Countries

Currency UYU

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Presidential system

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 73/100

Press Freedom (2025) 65.2/100 #59

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.862

HDI 0.862

Regional Blocs USAN

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Presidential system

Title	Name
President of Uruguay	Yamandú Orsi
Vice President of Uruguay	Carolina Cosse

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 73 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 65.2 / 100

Global Rank #59 / 180

Rank Change -8 vs previous year

RSF Zone Amériques

Political #81 48.6

Economic #82 42.5

Legal #37 76.7

Social #65 67.2

Safety #33 90.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.862

Liberal 0.790

Participatory 0.716

Deliberative 0.784

Egalitarian 0.693

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	65.2	59	48.6	42.5	76.7	67.2	90.9
2024	67.7	51	53.6	48.4	76.7	70.6	89.3
2023	70.3	52	62.7	55.1	78.7	74.9	80.2
2022	72.0	44	70.3	49.3	83.6	72.3	84.6
2021	83.6	18	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	84.2	19	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	83.9	19	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	84.4	20	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	82.6	25	-	-	-	-	93.1
2016	84.1	20	-	-	-	-	56.0
2015	84.1	23	-	-	-	-	100.0
2014	83.9	26	-	-	-	-	-
2013	84.1	27	-	-	-	-	-
2012	4.3	32	-	-	-	-	-
2010	11.8	37	-	-	-	-	-
2009	7.6	29	-	-	-	-	-
2008	8.3	43	-	-	-	-	-
2007	11.8	37	-	-	-	-	-
2006	13.8	57	-	-	-	-	-
2005	9.8	46	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index