Taxes on goods and services in Uruguay
Uruguay: Taxes on goods and services was 10.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taxes on goods and services in Uruguay, 1983–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % value added of industry and services.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 10.6% for taxes on goods and services in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taxes on goods and services in Uruguay peaked at 17.2% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 9.0%, in 1990.
That places Uruguay 73rd out of 154 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 42 years of available data.
Taxes on goods and services in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % value added of industry and services | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 9.8% | — |
| 1984 | 9.4% | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 10.7% | +13.9% |
| 1986 | 11.6% | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 11.0% | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 10.7% | -3.1% |
| 1989 | 10.1% | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 9.0% | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 9.5% | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 10.4% | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 9.3% | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 9.4% | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 9.6% | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 9.8% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 12.7% | +29.2% |
| 1998 | 12.4% | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 11.9% | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 9.9% | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 12.9% | +29.6% |
| 2002 | 13.2% | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 14.9% | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 16.5% | +11.2% |
| 2005 | 16.6% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 17.2% | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 16.5% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 15.4% | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 13.9% | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 13.8% | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 12.9% | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 12.4% | -3.7% |
| 2013 | 11.9% | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 11.5% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 11.0% | -4.2% |
| 2016 | 10.9% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 10.9% | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 10.7% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 10.5% | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 11.1% | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 11.1% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 11.0% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 10.7% | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 10.6% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.5% | 9.4% | 11.6% | 7 |
| 1990s | 10.4% | 9.0% | 12.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 14.7% | 9.9% | 17.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 10.5% | 13.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.9% | 10.6% | 11.1% | 5 |
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More public sector data for Uruguay
- Arms imports 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 2.95 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate 133.33 % change on previous year (2022)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 10.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 512.83 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0211 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 14.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 1.74 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 40 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taxes on goods and services in Uruguay?
- Taxes on goods and services in Uruguay was 10.6% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest taxes on goods and services recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 17.2% in 2006.
- What is the lowest taxes on goods and services recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.0% in 1990.
- How does Uruguay rank for taxes on goods and services?
- Uruguay ranks 73rd out of 154 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taxes on goods and services rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Taxes on goods and services (% value added of industry and services). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General taxes on goods and services are taxes levied on the production, leasing, delivery, sale, purchase or other change of ownership of a wide range of goods and the provision of a wide range of services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of value added in industry and services which is the contribution to the economy by industries in ISIC (Rev. 3) divisions 05-43 and 50-99.