Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Argentina instead of Uruguay, you would:
Economy
be 29.5% more likely to be unemployed
In Uruguay, 7.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Argentina, that number is 9.8% as of 2019.
be 4.0 times more likely to live below the poverty line
In Uruguay, 8.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Argentina, however, that number is 35.5% as of 2019.
pay a 16.7% higher top tax rate
Uruguay has a top tax rate of 30.0% as of 2016. In Argentina, the top tax rate is 35.0% as of 2016.
Life
have 22.6% more children
In Uruguay, there are approximately 12.7 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022. In Argentina, there are 15.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2022.
be 2.3 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Uruguay, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Argentina, 39.0 women do as of 2017.
be 12.5% more likely to die during infancy
In Uruguay, approximately 8.3 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2022. In Argentina, on the other hand, 9.3 children do as of 2022.
Geography
see 7.6 times more coastline
Uruguay has a total of 660 km of coastline. In Argentina, that number is 4,989 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook, Dirección General Impositiva, Federal Administration of Public Revenue.
Argentina: At a glance
How big is Argentina compared to Uruguay? See an in-depth size comparison.