Employees in Uruguay

Uruguay: Employees was 1,243 in 2025. ▬ Flat

Latest (2025)
1,243
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
52nd
of 73 countries
All-time high
1,243
in 2025
All-time low
1,112
in 2020
Years of data
15
2011–2025

Employees in Uruguay, 2011–2025

02505007501.0k1.2k2011201820252011: 1.2k2012: 1.1k2013: 1.2k2014: 1.2k2015: 1.2k2016: 1.2k2017: 1.2k2018: 1.2k2019: 1.2k2020: 1.1k2021: 1.2k2022: 1.2k2023: 1.2k2024: 1.2k2025: 1.2k

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

In 2025, employees in Uruguay stood at 1,243. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, employees in Uruguay peaked at 1,243 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,112, in 2020.

That places Uruguay 52nd out of 73 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

Employees in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Employees (15+) in Uruguay, 2011 to 2025.
Year Value Change
2011 1,178
2012 1,137 -3.4%
2013 1,173 +3.1%
2014 1,208 +3.0%
2015 1,195 -1.1%
2016 1,183 -0.9%
2017 1,180 -0.3%
2018 1,171 -0.7%
2019 1,165 -0.5%
2020 1,112 -4.5%
2021 1,160 +4.3%
2022 1,187 +2.3%
2023 1,216 +2.5%
2024 1,237 +1.8%
2025 1,243 +0.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 1,177 1,137 1,208 9
2020s 1,192 1,112 1,243 6

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 49 Zimbabwe 1,725 compare
  2. 50 Costa Rica 1,621 compare
  3. 51 Senegal 1,607 compare
  4. 53 Panama 1,216 compare
  5. 54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,069 compare
  6. 55 Georgia 961.1 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is employees in Uruguay?
Employees in Uruguay was 1,243 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest employees recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 1,243 in 2025.
What is the lowest employees recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 1,112 in 2020.
How does Uruguay rank for employees?
Uruguay ranks 52nd out of 73 countries with data for 2025.
Is employees rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Employees (15+). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Employees (15+)
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
73 places, 872 data points, 1993–2026
Last refreshed

With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. Data disaggregated by economic activity are provided according to the latest version of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) available for that year. Data may have been regrouped from national classifications, which may not be strictly compatible with ISIC. For more information, refer to the Labour Force Statistics (LFS and STLFS) database description.