The Inclusive Growth and Development Report 2017

Country Profile

Uruguay

Inclusive Growth and Development Index (IDI)

Upper Middle Income

Value
Overall 1-7 (best)

Rank

4.53 6 / 79

Trend
+ 4.2 %

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4.58

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4.13

5.19
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Rank

3.93

5 / 79

+ 2.8 %

Trend

GDP per capita $

13,944

6 / 79

+ 3.2 %

Labor productivity $

40,529 16 / 79

+ 3.7 %

Healthy life expectancy years

67.9

8 / 79

+ 0.3

Employment %

61.2 32 / 79

+ 0.5

Em

tion

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3.00

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rup

Ba

4.15

Value
Growth and Development 1-7 (best)

Ass

Cor

Financial Intermediation

National Key Performance Indicators

4.94

3.77

c
Fis

al

Tra

fe
ns

rs

Inclusion 1-7 (best)

4.67 12 / 79

+ 11.4 %

36.9 30 / 79

- 3.5

9 / 79

- 0.3

Wealth inequality Gini

69.9 11 / 79

- 6.7

Median income $/day (PPP) per capita

19.2

+ 4.2

Net income inequality Gini

Poverty rate %

1.3

Intergenerational Equity 1-7 (best)

4.98 42 / 79

Adjusted net savings* % GNI

PILLAR

1 / 79

8.3

- 0.6 %

46 / 79

- 0.1

Carbon intensity of GDP KtCO2/$bn GDP

33.9 10 / 79

- 10.2

Public debt % GDP

64.3 62 / 79

+ 6.2

Dependency ratio % working age population

55.9 45 / 79

- 1.1

VALUE

RANK

4.58

10 / 20

Peru
Brazil
Colombia
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Argentina
Malaysia
Romania
Hungary
Turkey
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Costa
Chile
China
Croatia
Lithuania
Latvia
Russian
Poland
Rica Federation

Access

5.52

11 / 26

Namibia
Mexico
Brazil
Colombia
South
Panama
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Venezuela
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Costa
China
Hungary
Peru
Africa
Uruguay
Serbia
Romania
Croatia
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Latvia
Rica
Chile
Argentina
Poland
Russian Federatio

Quality

3.90

12 / 26

Peru
Brazil
Turkey
Romania
Serbia
Bulgaria
South
Azerbaijan
Panama
Colombia
Mexico
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Argentina
Uruguay
Croatia
Venezuela
Africa
Chile
Namibia
Russian
China
Latvia
Lithuania
Costa
Poland
Malaysia
Federation
Rica

Equity

4.34

9 / 20

Argentina
Malaysia
Peru
Kazakhstan
Chile
Colombia
Costa
Brazil
Bulgaria
Mexico
Hungary
Uruguay
Romania
Turkey
China
Lithuania
Croatia
Rica
Russian
Latvia
Poland Federation

5.19

11 / 26

Namibia
Peru
Venezuela
South
Colombia
Romania
Serbia
Bulgaria
Panama
China
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Russian
Africa
Kazakhstan
Uruguay
Hungary
Poland
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Croatia
Chile
Costa
Latvia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Federation
Rica

Basic and Digital Infrastructure

4.80

13 / 26

Namibia
Peru
Venezuela
Romania
Colombia
South
Serbia
Panama
Bulgaria
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Brazil
Uruguay
Chile
Costa
Africa
China
Malaysia
Azerbaijan
Hungary
Poland
Croatia
Turkey
Russian
Latvia
Lithuania
Rica Federation

Health Services and Infrastructure

5.58

4 / 26

Namibia
Peru
South
China
Colombia
Venezuela
Russian
Bulgaria
Brazil
Serbia
Mexico
Romania
Hungary
Africa
Poland
Panama
Turkey
Latvia
Argentina
Croatia
Kazakhstan
Federation
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Uruguay
Costa
Chile
Malaysia
Rica

4.15

3 / 26

Venezuela
Hungary
Brazil
Colombia
Argentina
Peru
Croatia
Mexico
Serbia
Romania
Bulgaria
Panama
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Chile
Namibia
South
Latvia
Costa
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Poland
Russian
Uruguay
China
Malaysia
Africa
Rica Federation

Business and Political Ethics

4.93

1 / 26

Venezuela
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Colombia
Hungary
Serbia
Peru
Romania
Croatia
Bulgaria
Panama
Russian
Latvia
Turkey
South
Costa
Poland
Azerbaijan
Namibia
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
China
Chile
Malaysia
Uruguay
Africa
Federation
Rica

Concentration of Rents

3.36

24 / 26

Venezuela
Hungary
Uruguay
Chile
Croatia
Peru
Brazil
Lithuania
Colombia
Namibia
Azerbaijan
Romania
Serbia
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
South
Mexico
Argentina
Costa
Latvia
Panama
Turkey
Poland
China
Malaysia
Russian
Africa
Rica Federatio

3.00

19 / 26

Argentina
Romania
Venezuela
Colombia
Azerbaijan
Costa
Mexico
Uruguay
Serbia
Russian
Peru
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Turkey
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Rica
Hungary
Latvia
Croatia
Namibia
South
Poland
Chile
Federation
Panama
China
Malaysia
Africa

Financial System Inclusion

3.71

19 / 26

Argentina
Peru
Colombia
Romania
Azerbaijan
Brazil
Mexico
Uruguay
Russian
Turkey
Costa
Venezuela
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Serbia
Chile
Poland
Lithuania
Namibia
Panama
Latvia
Rica
China
Federation
Croatia
Hungary
South
Malaysia
Africa

Intermediation of Business Investment

2.28

16 / 26

Venezuela
Argentina
Serbia
Romania
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Costa
Colombia
Hungary
Lithuania
Uruguay
Mexico
Russian
Latvia
Croatia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Rica
Brazil
South
Peru
Namibia
Poland
Chile
Panama
China
Malaysia
Federation
Africa

Asset Building and Entrepreneurship

4.13

13 / 26

Venezuela
Brazil
Serbia
Colombia
Argentina
Costa
Turkey
Mexico
Croatia
Peru
Russian
Poland
Lithuania
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Latvia
Rica
Hungary
Panama
Romania
China
South
Namibia
Kazakhstan
Chile
Federation
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Africa

Small Business Ownership

4.17

15 / 26

Venezuela
Brazil
Namibia
Colombia
Serbia
Costa
Turkey
Poland
Argentina
Mexico
Peru
Uruguay
Romania
Croatia
South
Hungary
Rica
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Chile
Panama
Malaysia
Lithuania
Russian
China
Africa
Latvia Federation

Home and Financial Asset Ownership

4.10

8 / 26

Serbia
Colombia
Argentina
Costa
Russian
Latvia
Croatia
Brazil
Lithuania
Mexico
Turkey
Venezuela
Peru
China
Rica
Bulgaria
Panama
Hungary
Poland
Federation
Uruguay
Romania
Kazakhstan
Chile
South
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Namibia
Africa

4.94

3 / 26

Turkey
South
Serbia
Poland
Peru
Romania
Mexico
Colombia
Namibia
Croatia
Venezuela
Hungary
Africa
Bulgaria
Latvia
Argentina
Costa
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Chile
Panama
Malaysia
China
Brazil
Uruguay
Russian
Kazakhstan
Rica Federation

Productive Employment

5.10

8 / 26

Serbia
South
Croatia
Venezuela
Turkey
Namibia
Romania
Colombia
Bulgaria
Mexico
Argentina
Hungary
Africa
Poland
Costa
Peru
Azerbaijan
Brazil
Latvia
Uruguay
China
Lithuania
Panama
Russian
Chile
Rica
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Federation

Wage and non-wage compensation

4.78

2 / 26

Turkey
Poland
Peru
South
Malaysia
Mexico
Latvia
Hungary
Chile
Lithuania
Colombia
Romania
Panama
Bulgaria
Africa
Costa
China
Azerbaijan
Namibia
Argentina
Venezuela
Brazil
Croatia
Serbia
Russian
Uruguay
Rica
Kazakhstan
Federation

3.77

9 / 26

Kazakhstan
Peru
Mexico
China
Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Romania
Lithuania
Poland
Costa
Turkey
Croatia
Chile
Serbia
Uruguay
Russian
Bulgaria
Argentina
Malaysia
Hungary
Rica
Panama
Namibia
South
Federation
Africa

Tax Code

3.45

11 / 26

Poland
Romania
Latvia
Lithuania
Kazakhstan
Russian
Serbia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Croatia
China
Turkey
Hungary
Chile
Mexico
Uruguay
Costa
Venezuela
Azerbaijan
Federation
Argentina
Colombia
Peru
Malaysia
Namibia
South
Panama
Rica Africa

Social Protection

4.09

12 / 26

Peru
Colombia
Panama
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Malaysia
Venezuela
Azerbaijan
China
Costa
Brazil
Namibia
Chile
Turkey
Uruguay
Argentina
Croatia
South
Latvia
Serbia
Rica
Bulgaria
Romania
Russian
Lithuania
Hungary
Poland
AfricaFederation

Education and Skills

Basic Services and Infrastructure

Corruption and Rents

Financial Intermediation of Real Economy Investment

Employment and Labor Compensation

Fiscal Transfers

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Pillars In Detail
PILLAR

VALUE

RANK

4.58

10 / 20

Peru
Brazil
Colombia
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Argentina
Malaysia
Romania
Hungary
Turkey
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Costa
Chile
China
Croatia
Lithuania
Latvia
Russian
Poland
Rica Federation

5.52

11 / 26

Namibia
Mexico
Brazil
Colombia
South
Panama
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Venezuela
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Costa
China
Hungary
Peru
Africa
Uruguay
Serbia
Romania
Croatia
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Latvia
Rica
Chile
Argentina
Poland
Russian Federatio

Education and Skills

Access
Mean years of schooling (years)

WITHIN ECONOMY GROUP

8.50

19 / 26

Namibia
Colombia
Brazil
China
Turkey
Costa
Uruguay
Mexico
Venezuela
Peru
Panama
Malaysia
Serbia
Argentina
Rica
Chile
South
Kazakhstan
Bulgaria
Romania
Croatia
Azerbaijan
Hungary
Latvia
Russian
Africa
Poland
Lithuania
Federation

Gross preprimary enrollment (% of population of preprimary age)

69.95

17 / 26

Namibia
Azerbaijan
Turkey
Costa
Colombia
Serbia
Kazakhstan
Croatia
Mexico
Uruguay
Panama
Argentina
Rica
Venezuela
South
Poland
China
Bulgaria
Russian
Hungary
Brazil
Peru
Lithuania
Africa
Romania
Latvia
Malaysia
Chile
Federation

Net primary enrollment (% of population of primary age)

99.20

2 / 26

Kazakhstan
Romania
Croatia
Namibia
Colombia
Brazil
Venezuela
Hungary
Peru
Turkey
Chile
Malaysia
Bulgaria
Mexico
Azerbaijan
Russian
Panama
Costa
Serbia
Latvia
Poland
South
Lithuania
Argentina
Uruguay
China
Rica
Federation
Africa

Gross secondary enrollment (% of population of secondary age)

94.06

20 / 26

Namibia
Panama
Malaysia
Mexico
Venezuela
South
Uruguay
China
Serbia
Romania
Peru
Colombia
Croatia
Turkey
Africa
Chile
Russian
Bulgaria
Brazil
Azerbaijan
Argentina
Lithuania
Hungary
Poland
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Costa
Federation
Rica

Gross tertiary enrollment (% of population of tertiary age)

63.13

11 / 26

Namibia
South
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Mexico
Panama
China
Peru
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Africa
Colombia
Costa
Hungary
Romania
Serbia
Uruguay
Latvia
Lithuania
Croatia
Bulgaria
Rica
Poland
Venezuela
Russian
Turkey
Argentina
Chile Federation

Vocational enrollment (% of total upper-secondary school students)

31.79

12 / 23

Brazil
Mexico
South
Venezuela
Malaysia
Hungary
Colombia
Lithuania
Chile
Panama
Costa
Africa
Uruguay
Latvia
Kazakhstan
China
Turkey
Poland
Azerbaijan
Russian
Rica
Bulgaria
Romania
Croatia
SerbiaFederation

Availability of high quality training services (1-7 scale)

4.65

8 / 26

Brazil
Bulgaria
Namibia
Serbia
Romania
Hungary
Turkey
Venezuela
Colombia
Croatia
Peru
Panama
Azerbaijan
Mexico
China
Latvia
Russian
Kazakhstan
Uruguay
Argentina
Lithuania
Poland
South
Chile
Costa
Malaysia
Federation
Africa
Rica

Gender gap in education (female to male ratio)

1.00

9 / 26

Turkey
China
Malaysia
Azerbaijan
Peru
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Panama
Kazakhstan
Croatia
South
Argentina
Mexico
Serbia
Russian
Brazil
Uruguay
Chile
Colombia
Africa
Namibia
Venezuela
Poland
Costa
Latvia
Lithuania
Federation
Rica

3.90

12 / 26

Quality of education system (1-7 scale)

3.00

19 / 26

South
Brazil
Peru
Venezuela
Romania
Hungary
Mexico
Uruguay
Croatia
Africa
Turkey
Serbia
Colombia
Argentina
Namibia
Bulgaria
Panama
Chile
Poland
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Russian
Latvia
Lithuania
China
Costa
Malaysia
Federation
Rica

Internet access in schools (1-7 scale)

5.45

2 / 26

Namibia
South
Venezuela
Serbia
Brazil
Hungary
Peru
Mexico
Croatia
Turkey
Africa
Argentina
Colombia
Chile
Panama
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
China
Poland
Costa
Romania
Russian
Latvia
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Uruguay
Lithuania
RicaFederation

Expenditure on education (% of GDP)

4.36

16 / 26

PISA Reading Score

436.57

9 / 20

Peru
Brazil
Mexico
Colombia
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Costa
Turkey
Malaysia
Bulgaria
Romania
Uruguay
Chile
Hungary
Lithuania
Rica
Croatia
Latvia
China
Russian
Poland Federation

PISA Math Score

Quality

Peru
Brazil
Turkey
Romania
Serbia
Bulgaria
South
Azerbaijan
Panama
Colombia
Mexico
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Argentina
Uruguay
Croatia
Venezuela
Africa
Chile
Namibia
Russian
China
Latvia
Lithuania
Costa
Poland
Malaysia
Federation
Rica

China
Azerbaijan
Turkey
Romania
Kazakhstan
Panama
Bulgaria
Peru
Russian
Croatia
Uruguay
Serbia
Chile
Hungary
Colombia
Lithuania
Poland
Latvia
Mexico
Argentina
Federation
Brazil
South
Malaysia
Venezuela
Costa
Namibia
Africa
Rica

417.99

14 / 20

Brazil
Peru
Colombia
Costa
Mexico
Argentina
Uruguay
Turkey
Chile
Bulgaria
Romania
Malaysia
Rica
Kazakhstan
Croatia
Hungary
Lithuania
Latvia
Russian
Poland
China Federation

Ease of finding skilled employees (1-7 scale)

4.01

11 / 26

Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Serbia
Namibia
Lithuania
Brazil
Croatia
South
Venezuela
Latvia
Russian
Turkey
Panama
Peru
Uruguay
Azerbaijan
Africa
Kazakhstan
Colombia
Mexico
Poland
Argentina
China
Federation
Chile
Costa
Malaysia
Rica

Quality of Vocational Training (1-7 scale)

4.62

4 / 26

Hungary
Turkey
Brazil
Romania
Kazakhstan
Poland
Bulgaria
South
Serbia
Croatia
Namibia
Latvia
Peru
Azerbaijan
Panama
Russian
Africa
Mexico
Venezuela
China
Lithuania
Colombia
Argentina
Uruguay
Chile
Costa
Malaysia
Federation
Rica

4.34

9 / 20

Argentina
Malaysia
Peru
Kazakhstan
Chile
Colombia
Costa
Brazil
Bulgaria
Mexico
Hungary
Uruguay
Romania
Turkey
China
Lithuania
Croatia
Rica
Russian
Latvia
Poland Federation

Resilient students (%)

13.99

13 / 20

Peru
Brazil
Costa
Romania
Colombia
Mexico
Bulgaria
Uruguay
Chile
Malaysia
Argentina
Rica
Kazakhstan
Hungary
Turkey
Lithuania
Croatia
Russian
Poland
Latvia
China Federation

Social Inclusion

Equity

66.06

13 / 20

Peru
Chile
China
Colombia
Mexico
Hungary
Costa
Uruguay
Brazil
Argentina
Romania
Bulgaria
Malaysia
Turkey
Lithuania
Rica
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Croatia
Russian
Poland Federation

Gap in PISA reading scores by quartile (q1/q4)

0.80

13 / 17

Peru
Bulgaria
China
Hungary
Uruguay
Romania
Colombia
Chile
Brazil
Costa
Lithuania
Poland
Mexico
Croatia
Turkey
Latvia
Russian
Rica Federation

Gap in PISA math scores by quartile (q1/q4)

0.81

11 / 17

Peru
Hungary
Brazil
Bulgaria
Chile
China
Uruguay
Romania
Colombia
Croatia
Lithuania
Costa
Poland
Latvia
Turkey
Mexico
Russian
Rica Federation

5.19

11 / 26

Namibia
Peru
Venezuela
South
Colombia
Romania
Serbia
Bulgaria
Panama
China
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
Russian
Africa
Kazakhstan
Uruguay
Hungary
Poland
Turkey
Azerbaijan
Croatia
Chile
Costa
Latvia
Lithuania
Malaysia
Federation
Rica

4.80

13 / 26

Namibia
Peru
Venezuela
Romania
Colombia
South
Serbia
Panama
Bulgaria
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Brazil
Uruguay
Chile
Costa
Africa
China
Malaysia
Azerbaijan
Hungary
Poland
Croatia
Turkey
Russian
Latvia
Lithuania
Rica Federation

Quality of overall infrastructure (1-7 scale)

3.56

18 / 26

Venezuela
Brazil
Peru
Colombia
Argentina
Serbia
Costa
Romania
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Russian
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Poland
South
Rica
Latvia
Hungary
Croatia
Namibia
Chile
China
Panama
Federation
Azerbaijan
Africa
Turkey
Lithuania
Malaysia

Efficiency of ground transportation (1-7 scale)

3.58

20 / 26

Venezuela
Peru
Colombia
Costa
Romania
Brazil
Uruguay
Kazakhstan
South
Argentina
Serbia
Bulgaria
Rica
Mexico
Panama
Namibia
Russian
Chile
Africa
Turkey
Malaysia
Poland
Latvia
Croatia
Lithuania
Hungary
China
Azerbaijan
Federation

Access to electricity (% of population)

99.50

18 / 26

Namibia
South
Panama
Peru
Colombia
Mexico
Uruguay
Costa
Brazil
Chile
Africa
Argentina
Latvia
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
China
Bulgaria
Rica
Venezuela
Croatia
Poland
Romania
Russian
Serbia
Hungary
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Federation

Internet users (% of population)

61.46

10 / 26

Namibia
Peru
Mexico
Panama
South
China
Costa
Turkey
Colombia
Serbia
Romania
Kazakhstan
Bulgaria
Africa
Venezuela
Brazil
Rica
Azerbaijan
Uruguay
Argentina
Poland
Malaysia
Croatia
Russian
Lithuania
Chile
Latvia
Hungary
Federation

Fixed broadband Internet subscriptions (per 100 population)

26.27

3 / 26

Namibia
South
Peru
Panama
Venezuela
Malaysia
Colombia
Costa
Mexico
Brazil
Africa
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Chile
Argentina
Serbia
China
Rica
Russian
Poland
Azerbaijan
Romania
Bulgaria
Croatia
Latvia
Uruguay
Hungary
Lithuania
Federation

Active mobile broadband subscriptions (per 100 population)

77.71

5 / 26

Panama
Peru
Hungary
Colombia
Venezuela
Mexico
Turkey
China
Chile
South
Kazakhstan
Poland
Azerbaijan
Namibia
Romania
Latvia
Argentina
Russian
Africa
Serbia
Lithuania
Croatia
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Brazil
Malaysia
Costa
Federation
Rica

0.39

23 / 25

Bulgaria
Romania
Uruguay
Venezuela
Azerbaijan
Chile
Peru
Brazil
Colombia
Croatia
Hungary
Namibia
Lithuania
Serbia
Panama
South
Latvia
Malaysia
Poland
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Costa
China
Africa
Russian
RicaFederation

26.19

12 / 25

Namibia
Malaysia
Peru
Mexico
Hungary
Chile
Serbia
Croatia
China
Colombia
South
Azerbaijan
Panama
Uruguay
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Venezuela
Poland
Latvia
Africa
Costa
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Brazil
Romania
Russian
Rica Federation

5.58

4 / 26

Namibia
Peru
South
China
Colombia
Venezuela
Russian
Bulgaria
Brazil
Serbia
Mexico
Romania
Hungary
Africa
Poland
Panama
Turkey
Latvia
Argentina
Croatia
Kazakhstan
Federation
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Uruguay
Costa
Chile
Malaysia
Rica

Quality of healthcare services (1-7 scale)

4.16

8 / 26

Brazil
Venezuela
Romania
Peru
Colombia
Hungary
Russian
Bulgaria
Poland
Serbia
South
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Namibia
Chile
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Argentina
Federation
Uruguay
Africa
China
Turkey
Panama
Croatia
Lithuania
Costa
Malaysia
Rica

Accessibility of healthcare services (1-7 scale)

5.94

2 / 26

Venezuela
Brazil
Peru
Colombia
South
Latvia
Serbia
Russian
Mexico
China
Azerbaijan
Namibia
Bulgaria
Africa
Poland
Chile
Romania
Hungary
Turkey
Panama
Federation
Argentina
Lithuania
Kazakhstan
Croatia
Malaysia
Uruguay
Costa Rica

Particulate matter (2.5) concentration

11.30

2 / 26

China
Turkey
South
Bulgaria
Peru
Poland
Azerbaijan
Venezuela
Hungary
Chile
Mexico
Africa
Serbia
Croatia
Romania
Latvia
Lithuania
Namibia
Costa
Colombia
Kazakhstan
Russian
Malaysia
Argentina
Panama
Uruguay
Brazil
RicaFederation

Out of pocket (% of total health expenditure)

86.90

22 / 24

Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population)

5.00

1 / 17

Namibia
Panama
China
Colombia
Peru
Malaysia
Costa
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Mexico
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
South
Turkey
Rica
Uruguay
Venezuela
Africa

Inequality-adjusted life expectancy

0.80

6 / 26

South
Namibia
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Russian
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
Venezuela
Africa
Latvia
Lithuania
Romania
Turkey
Bulgaria
Serbia
China
Federation
Panama
Argentina
Mexico
Hungary
Uruguay
Malaysia
Poland
Croatia
Costa
Chile Rica

Access to improved drinking water (% of population)

99.70

4 / 26

Peru
Azerbaijan
Namibia
Colombia
Kazakhstan
Venezuela
South
Panama
China
Mexico
Lithuania
Russian
Costa
Brazil
Malaysia
Africa
Poland
Chile
Argentina
Serbia
Latvia
Bulgaria
Rica
Croatia
Uruguay
Federation
Romania
Hungary
Turkey

Access to improved sanitation (% of population)

96.40

6 / 26

Namibia
South
Russian
Panama
Peru
China
Romania
Colombia
Brazil
Mexico
Africa
Bulgaria
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Federation
Venezuela
Costa
Turkey
Malaysia
Serbia
Uruguay
Argentina
Croatia
Poland
Kazakhstan
Rica
Hungary
Chile

Basic Services and Infrastructure

Basic and Digital Infrastructure

Affordability of mobile-cellular internet (PPP $)

Affordability of fixed-broadband (PPP $)

Health Services and Infrastructure

South
Namibia
Uruguay
Croatia
Turkey
Colombia
Poland
Argentina
Hungary
Africa
Lithuania
Panama
Costa
Brazil
China
Russian
Chile
Latvia
Peru
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Rica
Bulgaria
Mexico
Venezuela
Azerbaijan
Federation

Gender gap health (female to male ratio)

0.98

1 / 26

China
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Peru
Serbia
Costa
Croatia
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Colombia
Poland
Romania
Russian
Hungary
Rica
Chile
Namibia
Panama
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Brazil
Argentina
Mexico
South
Turkey
Federation
Uruguay
Venezuela
Africa

Stringency of Environmental Regulations (1-7 scale)

4.42

11 / 26

Venezuela
Serbia
Argentina
Russian
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Romania
Turkey
Colombia
Hungary
Mexico
Panama
China
Azerbaijan
Peru
Federation
Uruguay
Croatia
Poland
South
Latvia
Chile
Brazil
Namibia
Lithuania
Costa
Malaysia
AfricaRica

Indoor Air Pollution (% of population)

5.00

1 / 26

Reliability of police services (1-7 scale)

4.24

12 / 26

Uruguay Country Profile The Inclusive Growth and Development Report 2017

Namibia
China
Peru
Serbia
Romania
Panama
Mexico
Colombia
South
Hungary
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Croatia
Chile
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Latvia
Africa
Lithuania
Poland
Argentina
Russian
Brazil
Costa
Turkey
Uruguay
Venezuela
Rica
Federation
Venezuela
Mexico
Peru
Argentina
South
Colombia
Brazil
Russian
Bulgaria
Serbia
Kazakhstan
Poland
Latvia
Africa
Romania
Uruguay
Azerbaijan
Hungary
Turkey
Namibia
Federation
Costa
Panama
China
Lithuania
Croatia
Malaysia
Chile
Rica

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4.15

3 / 26

Venezuela
Hungary
Brazil
Colombia
Argentina
Peru
Croatia
Mexico
Serbia
Romania
Bulgaria
Panama
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Chile
Namibia
South
Latvia
Costa
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Poland
Russian
Uruguay
China
Malaysia
Africa
Rica Federation

4.93

1 / 26

Venezuela
Argentina
Brazil
Mexico
Colombia
Hungary
Serbia
Peru
Romania
Croatia
Bulgaria
Panama
Russian
Latvia
Turkey
South
Costa
Poland
Azerbaijan
Namibia
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
China
Chile
Malaysia
Uruguay
Africa
Federation
Rica

Judicial Independence (1-7 scale)

5.62

2 / 26

Venezuela
Serbia
Argentina
Panama
Colombia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Mexico
Croatia
Peru
Hungary
Russian
Azerbaijan
Poland
Brazil
Romania
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
China
Malaysia
Chile
Costa
Federation
Namibia
Uruguay
South
Rica
Africa

Diversion of public funds (1-7 scale)

4.58

2 / 26

Venezuela
Brazil
Colombia
Argentina
Mexico
Peru
Hungary
Romania
Panama
Croatia
South
Bulgaria
Serbia
Russian
Costa
Latvia
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Africa
Namibia
Poland
China
Chile
Rica
Turkey
Uruguay
Federation
Malaysia

Irregular payments in tax collection (1-7 scale)

5.84

1 / 26

Brazil
Venezuela
Argentina
Romania
Azerbaijan
Mexico
Colombia
Serbia
Russian
Croatia
Costa
Bulgaria
Hungary
China
Namibia
Panama
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Turkey
Rica
Malaysia
Federation
Peru
Poland
South
Chile
Lithuania
Uruguay
Africa

Ethical behavior of firms (1-7 scale)

4.76

2 / 26

Hungary
Venezuela
Argentina
Brazil
Romania
Mexico
Serbia
Colombia
Peru
Turkey
Croatia
Bulgaria
Panama
Russian
Latvia
Poland
Costa
China
Kazakhstan
Chile
Azerbaijan
Namibia
Lithuania
South
Uruguay
Federation
Rica
Malaysia
Africa

Public trust of politicians (1-7 scale)

4.70

1 / 26

Brazil
Venezuela
Argentina
Colombia
Mexico
Peru
Romania
Croatia
South
Serbia
Poland
Hungary
Latvia
Panama
Bulgaria
Costa
Chile
Africa
Turkey
Lithuania
Russian
Namibia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
China
Rica
Malaysia
Uruguay
Federation

Irregular Payments in Public Contracts (1-7 scale)

4.82

1 / 26

Venezuela
Argentina
Hungary
Mexico
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
South
Bulgaria
Russian
Serbia
Panama
Namibia
Croatia
Costa
Azerbaijan
Africa
Romania
Latvia
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
Poland
Federation
Turkey
China
Rica
Malaysia
Chile
Uruguay

Favoritism in decisions of government officials (1-7 scale)

4.23

2 / 26

Venezuela
Hungary
Argentina
Mexico
Brazil
Romania
South
Colombia
Serbia
Croatia
Peru
Latvia
Bulgaria
Panama
Turkey
Africa
Russian
Poland
Namibia
Lithuania
Costa
Kazakhstan
Chile
Azerbaijan
China
Uruguay
Malaysia
Federation
Rica

Business and Political Ethics

Concentration of Rents

3.36

24 / 26

Extent of market dominance (1-7 scale)

3.68

14 / 26

Venezuela
Serbia
Chile
Hungary
Croatia
Peru
Colombia
Argentina
Namibia
Mexico
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Uruguay
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Romania
Russian
Bulgaria
Turkey
Brazil
Costa
Panama
South
China
Malaysia
Poland
Federation
Rica
Africa

Intensity of competition (1-7 scale)

4.64

19 / 26

Venezuela
Hungary
Serbia
Argentina
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Uruguay
Namibia
Romania
Croatia
Russian
Peru
Chile
Mexico
Brazil
Costa
Poland
Malaysia
China
Latvia
Panama
South
Federation
Lithuania
Colombia
Rica
Turkey
Africa

Land inequality gini (0-100 scale)

Effectiveness of antitrust policy (1-7 scale)
Concentration of Banking Sector Assets (C5 ratio)

Financial Intermediation of Real Economy Investment

Financial System Inclusion
Affordability of financial services for businesses (1-7 scale)
Gender Gap in Financial Access (female to male ratio)

Venezuela
Hungary
Uruguay
Chile
Croatia
Peru
Brazil
Lithuania
Colombia
Namibia
Azerbaijan
Romania
Serbia
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
South
Mexico
Argentina
Costa
Latvia
Panama
Turkey
Poland
China
Malaysia
Russian
Africa
Rica Federatio

79.00

7 / 11

3.34

22 / 26

Venezuela
Argentina
Serbia
Romania
Uruguay
Croatia
Kazakhstan
Russian
Peru
Bulgaria
Brazil
Azerbaijan
Colombia
Costa
Latvia
Hungary
Mexico
Lithuania
Namibia
Federation
Poland
Panama
Turkey
Rica
Chile
China
Malaysia
South Africa

79.14

21 / 26

South
Namibia
Hungary
Lithuania
Peru
Uruguay
Venezuela
Croatia
Azerbaijan
Africa
Costa
Brazil
Romania
Panama
Mexico
Chile
Turkey
Bulgaria
Colombia
Rica
China
Malaysia
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Poland
Argentina
Serbia
Russian Federation

3.00

19 / 26

Argentina
Romania
Venezuela
Colombia
Azerbaijan
Costa
Mexico
Uruguay
Serbia
Russian
Peru
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Turkey
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Rica
Hungary
Latvia
Croatia
Namibia
South
Poland
Chile
Federation
Panama
China
Malaysia
Africa

3.71

19 / 26

Argentina
Peru
Colombia
Romania
Azerbaijan
Brazil
Mexico
Uruguay
Russian
Turkey
Costa
Venezuela
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Serbia
Chile
Poland
Lithuania
Namibia
Panama
Latvia
Rica
China
Federation
Croatia
Hungary
South
Malaysia
Africa

4.27

7 / 26

Chile
Venezuela
Brazil
Colombia
Uruguay
Poland
Croatia
Latvia
Turkey
Panama
Namibia

Brazil
Argentina
Serbia
Romania
Croatia
Russian
Turkey
Colombia
Kazakhstan
Costa
Mexico
Namibia
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
Azerbaijan
Latvia
Federation
Venezuela
Rica
China
Uruguay
Lithuania
Peru
South
Chile
Malaysia
Panama
Africa

0.82

22 / 26

Peru
Turkey
Colombia
Azerbaijan
Uruguay
Panama
Costa
Chile
Romania
Poland
Venezuela
Brazil
Namibia
China
Malaysia
Rica
Serbia
Latvia
Lithuania
South
Bulgaria
Hungary
Mexico
Argentina
Croatia
Kazakhstan
Russian
Africa Federation

34.98

21 / 26

Peru
Colombia
Azerbaijan
Mexico
Panama
Uruguay
Namibia
Argentina
Romania
Kazakhstan
Venezuela
Bulgaria
Turkey
Chile
South
Brazil
Costa
Russian
Lithuania
Poland
Hungary
China
Malaysia
Africa
Serbia
Croatia
Rica
Latvia
Federation

Account used for business purposes (% of respondents in bottom 40%)

0.90

21 / 25

Peru
Lithuania
China
Mexico
Uruguay
Argentina
Russian
Brazil
Chile
South
Colombia
Bulgaria
Costa
Venezuela
Romania
Azerbaijan
Panama
Malaysia
Federation
Africa
Latvia
Poland
Hungary
Rica
Serbia
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Croatia

Ease of Access to Loans (1-7 scale)

4.28

9 / 26

Financing of SMEs (1-7 scale)

3.79

12 / 26

Account at a formal financial institution (% of respondents in bottom 40%)

Intermediation of Business Investment

Argentina
Russian
Romania
Azerbaijan
Costa
Croatia
Latvia
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Mexico
Namibia
Serbia
Venezuela
Federation
Rica
Colombia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Lithuania
Uruguay
Poland
Peru
China
Hungary
Malaysia
Chile
South
Panama
Africa
Argentina
Romania
Russian
Latvia
Serbia
Croatia
Brazil
Venezuela
Hungary
Costa
Mexico
Namibia
Chile
Bulgaria
Federation
Uruguay
Colombia
Lithuania
Poland
Rica
Kazakhstan
Peru
Turkey
South
China
Azerbaijan
Panama
Malaysia
Africa

2.28

16 / 26

Local capital market access (1-7 scale)

2.75

24 / 26

Venezuela
Romania
Uruguay
Serbia
Costa
Argentina
Croatia
Kazakhstan
Russian
Hungary
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Brazil
Rica
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Colombia
Poland
Namibia
Mexico
Turkey
Federation
Peru
China
Panama
Chile
Malaysia
South Africa

Venture capital availability (1-7 scale)

2.83

13 / 26

Romania
Argentina
Costa
Venezuela
Croatia
Serbia
Brazil
Kazakhstan
Russian
Namibia
Poland
Rica
Latvia
Turkey
Uruguay
Colombia
Hungary
Mexico
South
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Federation
Bulgaria
Chile
Peru
Panama
China
Malaysia
Africa

29.98

22 / 26

Argentina
Mexico
Venezuela
Romania
Uruguay
Kazakhstan
Hungary
Peru
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Serbia
Colombia
Latvia
Namibia
Poland
Russian
Bulgaria
Costa
Croatia
Brazil
South
Turkey
Panama
Chile
Malaysia
China
Rica
Federation
Africa

Domestic credit to private sector by banks (% of GDP)

Venezuela
Argentina
Serbia
Romania
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Costa
Colombia
Hungary
Lithuania
Uruguay
Mexico
Russian
Latvia
Croatia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Rica
Brazil
South
Peru
Namibia
Poland
Chile
Panama
China
Malaysia
Federation
Africa

Private investment in infrastructure ( % GDP)

0.01

4 / 21

Private R&D Expenditure (% GDP)

0.04

21 / 24

Panama
Azerbaijan
Namibia
Uruguay
Colombia
Serbia
Kazakhstan
Costa
Bulgaria
Chile
Argentina
Latvia
Mexico
Romania
Lithuania
Croatia
Rica
Poland
Russian
South
Turkey
Brazil
Malaysia
Hungary
China
Africa
Federation

15.43

10 / 16

Venezuela
Azerbaijan
South
Brazil
Poland
Kazakhstan
Uruguay
Croatia
Turkey
Malaysia
Mexico
Africa
Peru
Russian
Romania
Namibia
Panama
Federation

5.61

15 / 25

Romania
Venezuela
Lithuania
Hungary
Turkey
Latvia
Bulgaria
Panama
Poland
Serbia
Uruguay
Azerbaijan
Costa
Kazakhstan
Croatia
South
Russian
Argentina
Colombia
Mexico
Peru
Rica
Brazil
Chile
China
Africa
Malaysia
Federation

4.13

13 / 26

Venezuela
Brazil
Serbia
Colombia
Argentina
Costa
Turkey
Mexico
Croatia
Peru
Russian
Poland
Lithuania
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Latvia
Rica
Hungary
Panama
Romania
China
South
Namibia
Kazakhstan
Chile
Federation
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Africa

Venezuela
Brazil
Namibia
Colombia
Serbia
Costa
Turkey
Poland
Argentina
Mexico
Peru
Uruguay
Romania
Croatia
South
Hungary
Rica
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Chile
Panama
Malaysia
Lithuania
Russian
China
Africa
Latvia Federation

Gross Fixed Capital Formation, Private Sector (% GDP)

Corporate bond activity (issuances to NFCs) (% GDP)

Asset Building and Entrepreneurship

Small Business Ownership

China
Venezuela
Namibia
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Serbia
Kazakhstan
Argentina
Mexico
Malaysia
Russian
Costa
Colombia
South
Chile
Panama
Bulgaria
Uruguay
Turkey
Peru
Rica
Brazil
Federation
Africa

4.17

15 / 26

New businesses registered (per 1,000 working age individuals)

2.49

12 / 24

Argentina
Poland
Namibia
Mexico
Azerbaijan
Costa
Turkey
Serbia
Kazakhstan
Colombia
Malaysia
Peru
Uruguay
Brazil
Rica
Hungary
Romania
Lithuania
Russian
Croatia
South
Chile
Bulgaria
Latvia
Panama
Africa
Federation

Attitudes towards entrepreneurial failure (1-7 scale)

3.52

21 / 26

Hungary
Croatia
Serbia
Bulgaria
Romania
Uruguay
Latvia
Colombia
Brazil
Costa
Mexico
Russian
Argentina
Poland
Lithuania
Namibia
Chile
Venezuela
Rica
Azerbaijan
Panama
Turkey
South
Peru
Federation
China
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Africa

Number of PCT patent applications filed (per million population)

3.00

16 / 26

Namibia
Venezuela
Azerbaijan
Peru
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Panama
Colombia
Mexico
Costa
Uruguay
Romania
Brazil
Serbia
South
Bulgaria
Chile
Russian
Rica
Turkey
Croatia
Poland
Malaysia
Lithuania
Africa
China
Latvia
Hungary
Federation

Time to start a business (total number of days)

6.50

10 / 26

Venezuela
Brazil
Namibia
South
China
Poland
Peru
Argentina
Costa
Bulgaria
Croatia
Serbia
Africa
Colombia
Russian
Romania
Turkey
Uruguay
Rica
Mexico
Panama
Chile
Latvia
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Lithuania
Federation
Azerbaijan

22.00

25 / 26

Venezuela
Uruguay
Mexico
Turkey
Poland
Namibia
Costa
Peru
Argentina
Colombia
Hungary
Malaysia
Serbia
Panama
Brazil
Rica
Croatia
Romania
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Russian
Chile
China
Bulgaria
Lithuania
South
Kazakhstan
Federation
Africa

Time to resolve insolvency (total number of years)

1.80

7 / 26

Turkey
Venezuela
Brazil
Bulgaria
Romania
Chile
Croatia
Peru
Costa
Poland
Argentina
Namibia
Panama
Lithuania
Hungary
Russian
Serbia
Rica
South
Mexico
Uruguay
China
Colombia
Latvia
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Africa
Federation

Cost of resolving insolvency (% of estate's value)

7.00

1 / 26

Venezuela
Panama
China
Serbia
South
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Poland
Chile
Costa
Croatia
Turkey
Namibia
Africa
Hungary
Argentina
Brazil
Azerbaijan
Romania
Rica
Lithuania
Latvia
Malaysia
Russian
Bulgaria
Colombia
Peru
Uruguay
Federation

Cost required of starting a business (% GNI per capita)

Cost of enforcing a contract (% of debt value)

19.00

6 / 26

Colombia
Venezuela
Panama
Malaysia
Namibia
Peru
Serbia
South
Mexico
Romania
Chile
Turkey
Costa
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Latvia
Africa
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Poland
Uruguay
Rica
Azerbaijan
Croatia
Russian
China
Hungary
Federation

Time required to enforce a contract (total number of days)

725.00

23 / 26

Colombia
Costa
Brazil
Uruguay
Panama
Poland
Serbia
Venezuela
South
Argentina
Rica
Turkey
Croatia
Bulgaria
Romania
Chile
Latvia
Namibia
Africa
China
Peru
Malaysia
Hungary
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Russian
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Federation

Time spent paying taxes (total number of hours per year)

277.00

17 / 26

Brazil
Venezuela
Bulgaria
Panama
Argentina
Namibia
Chile
Mexico
Uruguay
Hungary
Poland
China
Peru
Serbia
Colombia
Turkey
Croatia
South
Azerbaijan
Latvia
Kazakhstan
Lithuania
Russian
Romania
Costa
Malaysia
AfricaRica
Federation

4.10

8 / 26

Serbia
Colombia
Argentina
Costa
Russian
Latvia
Croatia
Brazil
Lithuania
Mexico
Turkey
Venezuela
Peru
China
Rica
Bulgaria
Panama
Hungary
Poland
Federation
Uruguay
Romania
Kazakhstan
Chile
South
Azerbaijan
Malaysia
Namibia
Africa

Protection of property rights (1-7 scale)

5.17

5 / 26

Venezuela
Hungary
Serbia
Argentina
Russian
Bulgaria
Croatia
Romania
Peru
Mexico
Colombia
Brazil
Poland
Azerbaijan
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Federation
Lithuania
Latvia
China
Costa
Panama
Uruguay
Namibia
Chile
Malaysia
South
Rica Africa

Home ownership rate (% of population)

Home and Financial Asset Ownership

82.90

11 / 26

Costa
Colombia
Mexico
Turkey
South
Malaysia
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Rica
Peru
Namibia
Panama
Latvia
Africa
Serbia
Bulgaria
Uruguay
Venezuela
Poland
Russian
China
Hungary
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Croatia
Romania
Kazakhstan
Federation

Housing Loan Penetration (% of adult population)

2.00

17 / 25

Azerbaijan
Argentina
Venezuela
Peru
Turkey
Brazil
Serbia
Russian
Uruguay
Bulgaria
Mexico
Poland
Colombia
Chile
Costa
Romania
Croatia
Kazakhstan
China
Federation
South
Lithuania
Latvia
Panama
Rica
Hungary
Malaysia
Africa

Affordability Gap, Urban housing

0.02

13 / 21

Colombia
Argentina
Russian
Panama
Brazil
China
Chile
South
Uruguay
Venezuela
Mexico
Peru
Costa
Turkey
Federation
Poland
Hungary
Africa
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Bulgaria
Azerbaijan
Romania
Rica

Private pension assets (% GDP)

17.13

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China
Latvia
Turkey
Russian
Hungary
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Panama
Costa
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Romania
Argentina
Croatia
Brazil
Federation
Poland
Peru
Rica
Uruguay
Colombia
Malaysia
South
Chile Africa

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Employment and Labor Compensation

Productive Employment
Female labor force participation (female to male ratio)
Unemployment rate (% of labor force)

4.94

3 / 26

Turkey
South
Serbia
Poland
Peru
Romania
Mexico
Colombia
Namibia
Croatia
Venezuela
Hungary
Africa
Bulgaria
Latvia
Argentina
Costa
Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Chile
Panama
Malaysia
China
Brazil
Uruguay
Russian
Kazakhstan
Rica Federation

5.10

8 / 26

Serbia
South
Croatia
Venezuela
Turkey
Namibia
Romania
Colombia
Bulgaria
Mexico
Argentina
Hungary
Africa
Poland
Costa
Peru
Azerbaijan
Brazil
Latvia
Uruguay
China
Lithuania
Panama
Russian
Chile
Rica
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Federation

0.79

14 / 26

Turkey
Mexico
Costa
Panama
Malaysia
Venezuela
Argentina
Chile
Brazil
Colombia
Serbia
Rica
Romania
Uruguay
South
Peru
Poland
Hungary
China
Croatia
Russian
Bulgaria
Namibia
Africa
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Lithuania
Federation

7.00

11 / 26

South
Serbia
Namibia
Croatia
Bulgaria
Lithuania
Colombia
Latvia
Turkey
Africa
Poland
Venezuela
Costa
Argentina
Hungary
Romania
Uruguay
Brazil
Chile
Azerbaijan
Russian
Rica
Mexico
China
Panama
Peru
Kazakhstan
Malaysia
Federation

Youth unemployment rate (% of labor force)

19.20

14 / 25

Namibia
South
Serbia
Croatia
Costa
Romania
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Latvia
Africa
Lithuania
Uruguay
Argentina
Rica
Colombia
Turkey
Chile
Venezuela
Peru
Azerbaijan
Russian
Brazil
Panama
Malaysia
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Federation

Vulnerable employment (% of employment)

22.50

13 / 23

Azerbaijan
Colombia
Peru
Romania
Venezuela
Panama
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Serbia
Brazil
Uruguay
Malaysia
Costa
Argentina
Poland
Croatia
Lithuania
South
Bulgaria
Namibia
Latvia
Rica
Russian
Hungary
AfricaFederation

Extent of Informal economy (1-7 scale)

5.01

3 / 26

Peru
Mexico
Argentina
Serbia
Venezuela
Turkey
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Russian
Namibia
Colombia
Costa
Brazil
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Croatia
South
Kazakhstan
China
Panama
Federation
Rica
Poland
Lithuania
Uruguay
Malaysia
Chile
Africa

Country capacity to retain talent (1-7 scale)

3.49

14 / 26

Venezuela
Serbia
Romania
Croatia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Turkey
Russian
Colombia
Uruguay
South
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Argentina
Namibia
Brazil
Peru
Azerbaijan
China
Federation
Africa
Costa
Panama
Chile
Malaysia
Rica

Social mobility (1-7 scale)

4.71

4 / 26

Venezuela
Serbia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Romania
Croatia
Argentina
Brazil
Turkey
Mexico
Azerbaijan
Russian
Colombia
Poland
Kazakhstan
China
South
Namibia
Peru
Latvia
Lithuania
Chile
Uruguay
Federation
Costa
Panama
Africa
Malaysia
Rica

Wage and non-wage compensation

4.78

2 / 26

Turkey
Poland
Peru
South
Malaysia
Mexico
Latvia
Hungary
Chile
Lithuania
Colombia
Romania
Panama
Bulgaria
Africa
Costa
China
Azerbaijan
Namibia
Argentina
Venezuela
Brazil
Croatia
Serbia
Russian
Uruguay
Rica
Kazakhstan
Federation

27.70

13 / 17

Azerbaijan
South
Latvia
Malaysia
Uruguay
Peru
Argentina
Poland
Hungary
Costa
Africa
China
Brazil
Colombia
Chile
Mexico
Venezuela
Panama
Rica

Gender Gap in Estimated Earned Income (female to male ratio)

0.56

21 / 25

Turkey
Mexico
Azerbaijan
Chile
Uruguay
Peru
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Costa
Hungary
Russian
South
Venezuela
China
Panama
Poland
Serbia
Rica
Malaysia
Bulgaria
Colombia
Africa
Romania
Latvia
Federation
Lithuania
Croatia
Namibia

Working poverty (% of labor force)

0.57

4 / 19

Pay linked to productivity (1-7 scale)

3.30

25 / 26

Trade union density (% of employment)

30.10

4 / 23

Peru
Turkey
Colombia
Costa
Lithuania
Malaysia
Hungary
Poland
Latvia
Mexico
Chile
Bulgaria
Rica
Brazil
Romania
Namibia
Panama
Russian
Serbia
South
Uruguay
Croatia
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Africa
Federation

Collective bargaining coverage rate (% of employment)

95.20

1 / 22

Malaysia
Peru
Panama
Turkey
Lithuania
Mexico
Venezuela
Poland
Latvia
Costa
Chile
Russian
Hungary
Bulgaria
South
Romania
Argentina
Serbia
Rica
Croatia
Brazil
Kazakhstan
Uruguay
Federation
Africa

Cooperation in labour-employer relations (1-7 scale)

3.37

25 / 26

South
Uruguay
Croatia
Venezuela
Serbia
Argentina
Turkey
Brazil
Romania
Africa
Russian
Poland
Bulgaria
Hungary
Peru
Namibia
Lithuania
Kazakhstan
Chile
Mexico
Azerbaijan
Colombia
Federation
China
Panama
Latvia
Costa
Malaysia
Rica

Workers' Rights (violations)

0.00

1 / 25

Turkey
China
Colombia
Panama
Mexico
Malaysia
Serbia
Poland
Romania
Chile
Peru
Bulgaria
Russian
Croatia
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Venezuela
Hungary
Namibia
Latvia
Brazil
Costa
South
Lithuania
Federation
Uruguay
Rica
Africa

84.00

20 / 26

South
Malaysia
Turkey
Latvia
Uruguay
Namibia
Mexico
Peru
Argentina
Africa
China
Panama
Colombia
Romania
Hungary
Costa
Brazil
Lithuania
Kazakhstan
Chile
Azerbaijan
Russian
Serbia
Poland
Rica
Venezuela
Croatia
Bulgaria
Federation

3.77

9 / 26

Kazakhstan
Peru
Mexico
China
Brazil
Colombia
Venezuela
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Romania
Lithuania
Poland
Costa
Turkey
Croatia
Chile
Serbia
Uruguay
Russian
Bulgaria
Argentina
Malaysia
Hungary
Rica
Panama
Namibia
South
Federation
Africa

3.45

11 / 26

3.03

21 / 26

Brazil
Croatia
Argentina
Poland
Serbia
Uruguay
Lithuania
Romania
Latvia
Colombia
Russian
Peru
Hungary
Venezuela
Mexico
Costa
Turkey
Bulgaria
Azerbaijan
China
South
Namibia
Federation
Kazakhstan
Panama
Rica
Chile
Malaysia
Africa
Brazil
Argentina
Croatia
Colombia
Romania
Costa
Serbia
Russian
Venezuela
Latvia
Poland
Mexico
Uruguay
Turkey
Rica
Lithuania
Peru
Chile
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Federation
Bulgaria
South
Hungary
China
Namibia
Malaysia
Panama
Africa

Low pay rate (% of employment)

Paid maternity leave (total number of days)

Fiscal Transfers
Tax Code
Extent and effect of taxation on incentives to work (1-7 scale)
Extent and effect of taxation on incentives to invest (1-7 scale)

Namibia
South
China
Colombia
Peru
Venezuela
Panama
Mexico
Brazil
Turkey
Africa
Azerbaijan
Costa
Malaysia
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Kazakhstan
Serbia
Russian
Rica Federation
Venezuela
Uruguay
Hungary
Serbia
Argentina
South
Turkey
Namibia
Romania
Brazil
Colombia
Peru
Mexico
Bulgaria
Africa
Croatia
Panama
Poland
Chile
Latvia
Lithuania
Russian
Kazakhstan
Costa
Azerbaijan
China
Malaysia
Rica
Federation

Poland
Romania
Latvia
Lithuania
Kazakhstan
Russian
Serbia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Croatia
China
Turkey
Hungary
Chile
Mexico
Uruguay
Costa
Venezuela
Azerbaijan
Federation
Argentina
Colombia
Peru
Malaysia
Namibia
South
Panama
Rica Africa

3.53

14 / 26

18.82

7 / 25

1.85

12 / 26

Bulgaria
Russian
Hungary
Chile
Venezuela
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Romania
Latvia
Poland
Turkey
Lithuania
Serbia
Federation
Costa
Uruguay
Brazil
Malaysia
China
Mexico
Peru
Namibia
Argentina
Rica
South
Colombia
Panama
Croatia
Africa

Total tax wedge (% of labor cost)

29.79

10 / 26

Croatia
Poland
Romania
Latvia
Lithuania
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Argentina
Hungary
Serbia
Russian
Colombia
Malaysia
Bulgaria
Azerbaijan
China
Uruguay
Brazil
Chile
Costa
Namibia
Peru
Federation
Venezuela
Mexico
Panama
South
Rica Africa

Tax on goods and services (% of total tax revenue)

39.54

17 / 25

Mexico
China
Poland
Chile
Croatia
Serbia
Bulgaria
Kazakhstan
Uruguay
Romania
Turkey
Hungary
Latvia
Peru
Namibia
South
Lithuania
Costa
Brazil
Venezuela
Colombia
Russian
Malaysia
Azerbaijan
Africa
Panama
Rica Federation

Total tax revenue (% GDP)

Synthetic measure tax progressivity

Social Protection

Lithuania
Panama
Mexico
China
Azerbaijan
Russian
Costa
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Brazil
Colombia
Poland
Venezuela
Malaysia
Peru
Rica
Chile
Romania
Federation
Bulgaria
Uruguay
Croatia
Serbia
Turkey
Hungary
Namibia
South Africa

4.09

12 / 26

Efficiency in public goods and services provision (1-7 scale)

3.21

17 / 26

Peru
Colombia
Panama
Kazakhstan
Mexico
Malaysia
Venezuela
Azerbaijan
China
Costa
Brazil
Namibia
Chile
Turkey
Uruguay
Argentina
Croatia
South
Latvia
Serbia
Rica
Bulgaria
Romania
Russian
Lithuania
Hungary
Poland
AfricaFederation
Venezuela
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Romania
Croatia
South
Mexico
Costa
Uruguay
Colombia
Hungary
Latvia
Russian
Bulgaria
Africa
Poland
Serbia
Rica
Chile
Panama
Lithuania
Turkey
Namibia
Kazakhstan
China
Azerbaijan
Federation
Malaysia

Social safety net protection (1-7 scale)

4.92

2 / 26

Venezuela
Hungary
Poland
Serbia
Croatia
Peru
Colombia
Mexico
Bulgaria
Brazil
Russian
Argentina
Romania
Lithuania
Kazakhstan
Namibia
South
Costa
Panama
Azerbaijan
Latvia
Chile
Federation
Turkey
China
Uruguay
Africa
Malaysia
Rica

Benefit to cost ratio (of social protection programs, poorest quintile)

0.14

16 / 22

Colombia
Peru
Panama
Costa
Mexico
Brazil
Uruguay
Malaysia
Argentina
Kazakhstan
Turkey
Chile
Rica
South
Lithuania
Serbia
Latvia
Azerbaijan
Croatia
Poland
Bulgaria
Romania
Africa
Hungary
Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Peru
Chile
Costa
Colombia
Malaysia
Panama
Argentina
Bulgaria
South
Turkey
Croatia
Rica
Mexico
Uruguay
Brazil
Latvia
Lithuania
Serbia
Africa
Hungary
Romania
Poland

Adequacy of Social Insurance (% of total welfare beneficiaries in that quintile)

45.66

8 / 22

Adequacy of Social Assistance (% of total welfare beneficiaries in that quintile)

7.77

14 / 22

Total spending on social protection (% GDP)

18.17

8 / 25

Coverage of old-age pensions (% above retirement age)

68.20

16 / 24

Coverage of unemployment insurance (% of unemployed)

27.90

4 / 17

Kazakhstan
Azerbaijan
Turkey
Brazil
Serbia
China
South
Poland
Latvia
Croatia
Russian
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Uruguay
Chile
Africa
Hungary
Romania
Federation

Estimate of health coverage (% of population)

97.20

8 / 26

Azerbaijan
Namibia
Panama
Peru
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Mexico
Turkey
Bulgaria
Colombia
Russian
Serbia
Chile
Romania
Lithuania
Argentina
China
Croatia
Uruguay
Poland
Venezuela
Hungary
Federation
South
Brazil
Costa
Malaysia
Africa
Rica

Coverage in case of employment injury (% of labor force)

54.60

18 / 26

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Malaysia
Kazakhstan
Colombia
Lithuania
Chile
Panama
Latvia
Turkey
Uruguay
Croatia
Brazil
Peru
Mexico
Poland
Argentina
Romania
Costa
Bulgaria
Hungary
Serbia
South
Azerbaijan
Rica
Africa
Malaysia
Kazakhstan
China
Peru
Namibia
Mexico
Azerbaijan
Venezuela
South
Chile
Colombia
Turkey
Costa
Russian
Bulgaria
Romania
Latvia
Africa
Uruguay
Lithuania
Argentina
Croatia
Rica
Brazil
Poland
Hungary
Serbia
Federation
Peru
Malaysia
Colombia
Panama
Mexico
Venezuela
Costa
Croatia
Uruguay
South
China
Chile
Azerbaijan
Brazil
Turkey
Rica
Argentina
Hungary
Russian
Africa
Kazakhstan
Poland
Bulgaria
Namibia
Latvia
Lithuania
Federation

China
Malaysia
Peru
Azerbaijan
Colombia
Argentina
Namibia
Mexico
Uruguay
Kazakhstan
Brazil
Venezuela
Panama
Costa
Romania
Lithuania
Bulgaria
Serbia
South
Croatia
Turkey
Latvia
Rica
Russian
Chile
Hungary
Poland
AfricaFederation

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