Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Uruguay
Uruguay: Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) was -7.50 billion in 2025. ▼ Falling
Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Uruguay, 2003–2025
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
In 2025, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Uruguay stood at -7.50 billion. That is the lowest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.7% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Uruguay peaked at -1.59 billion in 2010 and was at its lowest, -7.50 billion, in 2025.
Uruguay ranks 69th of 74 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -1.80 billion | — |
| 2004 | -1.60 billion | -11.2% |
| 2005 | -1.62 billion | +1.5% |
| 2006 | -1.72 billion | +5.9% |
| 2007 | -1.73 billion | +0.6% |
| 2008 | -3.14 billion | +81.7% |
| 2009 | -2.50 billion | -20.4% |
| 2010 | -1.59 billion | -36.5% |
| 2011 | -2.34 billion | +47.1% |
| 2012 | -3.91 billion | +67.4% |
| 2013 | -5.26 billion | +34.4% |
| 2014 | -6.73 billion | +28.0% |
| 2015 | -6.51 billion | -3.3% |
| 2016 | -5.33 billion | -18.0% |
| 2017 | -5.55 billion | +4.0% |
| 2018 | -5.38 billion | -3.1% |
| 2019 | -5.74 billion | +6.8% |
| 2020 | -6.48 billion | +12.8% |
| 2021 | -6.96 billion | +7.5% |
| 2022 | -6.71 billion | -3.6% |
| 2023 | -6.48 billion | -3.5% |
| 2024 | -6.78 billion | +4.7% |
| 2025 | -7.50 billion | +10.7% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's -7.50 billion is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -1.80 billion, 4.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -81.7% | -1.73 billion | -3.14 billion |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -2.02 billion | -3.14 billion | -1.60 billion | 7 |
| 2010s | -4.83 billion | -6.73 billion | -1.59 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | -6.82 billion | -7.50 billion | -6.48 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More external debt data for Uruguay
- Net financial flows, IBRD 29.61 million NFL, current US$ (2016)
- Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$), annual growth rate 156.26 % change on previous year (2015)
- Other investment, Debt instruments 13.19 billion US dollar (2025)
- Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US dollar) 2.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Other investment, Debt instruments, Deposit taking corporations 5.61 billion US dollar (2025)
- Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US dollar) 3,896 US dollar per person (2025)
- Other investment, Debt instruments (Assets, Positions, US dollar) 0.1545 US dollar per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Liabilities, International Liquidity, Liabilities to Nonresidents 4.91 billion (2025)
- Net lending (+) / net borrowing (-), General government, Percent of -2.15 (2030)
- Other investment, Debt instruments, Deposit taking corporations 2.72 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Uruguay?
- Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) in Uruguay was -7.50 billion in 2025, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was -1.59 billion in 2010.
- What is the lowest contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was -7.50 billion in 2025.
- How does Uruguay rank for contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal)?
- Uruguay ranks 69th out of 74 countries with data for 2025.
- Is contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal) rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Contingent short-term net drains on foreign currency assets (nominal value), Contingent liabilities (International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity: Guidelines for a Data Template 2013 (IRFCL 2013), Monetary Authorities and Central Government excluding Social Security). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The International Reserves and Foreign Currency Liquidity (IRFCL, or the “Reserves Data Template”) dataset includes data on the amount and composition of countries’ official reserve assets, other foreign currency assets held by monetary authorities and central governments, and short-term foreign currency obligations and related activities of monetary authorities and central governments that can lead to drains on official reserves and other foreign currency assets. This website re-disseminates IMF member countries' data on international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in a common template and in a common currency (the U.S. dollar). Historical data by country are also available. Please note that the re-dissemination of the template data by the Fund does not constitute endorsement of the quality of the data by the Fund.