Quality of life comparison
If you lived in Brazil instead of Uruguay, you would:
Health
be 20.8% less likely to be obese
In Uruguay, 27.9% of adults are obese as of 2016. In Brazil, that number is 22.1% of people as of 2016.
live 2.5 years less
In Uruguay, the average life expectancy is 78 years (75 years for men, 82 years for women) as of 2022. In Brazil, that number is 76 years (72 years for men, 80 years for women) as of 2022.
Economy
be 52.3% less likely to live below the poverty line
In Uruguay, 8.8% live below the poverty line as of 2019. In Brazil, however, that number is 4.2% as of 2016.
make 34.7% less money
Uruguay has a GDP per capita of $21,600 as of 2020, while in Brazil, the GDP per capita is $14,100 as of 2020.
be 57.0% more likely to be unemployed
In Uruguay, 7.6% of adults are unemployed as of 2017. In Brazil, that number is 11.9% as of 2019.
Life
be 3.5 times more likely to die during childbirth
In Uruguay, approximately 17.0 women per 100,000 births die during labor as of 2017. In Brazil, 60.0 women do as of 2017.
be 60.2% 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 Brazil, on the other hand, 13.3 children do as of 2022.
Expenditures
spend 29.8% more on education
Uruguay spends 4.7% of its total GDP on education as of 2019. Brazil spends 6.1% of total GDP on education as of 2018.
Geography
see 11.3 times more coastline
Uruguay has a total of 660 km of coastline. In Brazil, that number is 7,491 km.
The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.
Brazil: At a glance
How big is Brazil compared to Uruguay? See an in-depth size comparison.