Currency
The Peso Uruguayo ($U) is the legal currency. 1 U$S = 24 $U.
Inflation
Inflation in Uruguay has gradually decreased in the last years, in 1995 it was 32.5%, in 1996 24.3%, in 1997, 13.3%, in 1998, 8.6%, in 1999, 4,7% and in 2000, 4 %.
Value added
tax (applied to domestic consumption)
23% (twenty three percent).
Life expectancy
72.4 years
Infant mortality rate
15 / 1000
Health
insurance coverage
95%.
Number
of inhabitants per doctor
275 (the highest in the whole continent including the
United States and Canada).
Drinking water
In Montevideo (capital city) 99% of the people have
direct access to drinking water. In the rest of the
country more than 95% of the people have direct access
to drinking water. The quality of the drinking water
in Uruguay prevented the spread of cholera, and because
of that, doesn´t exist.
Electrical net rate
97%, including rural areas.
Telephone network digitalization
100%. Uruguay is the first country in Latin America
and sixth in the world to have its whole network digitalized.
There are 285 telephones available per 1000 residents.
Registered agency, at the Ministerio de Turismo del Uruguay, with number 817
Pictures of the cities, courtesy of: www.stonek.com
The pictures of the hotels, courtesy of each hotel.
