What is women's civil liberties index in Uruguay?

Women's civil liberties index in Uruguay was 0.856 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest women's civil liberties index recorded in Uruguay?

The highest recorded value was 0.918 in 2005.

What is the lowest women's civil liberties index recorded in Uruguay?

The lowest recorded value was 0.172 in 1825.

How does Uruguay rank for women's civil liberties index?

Uruguay ranks 42nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is women's civil liberties index rising or falling in Uruguay?

Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Uruguay data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Women's Civil Liberties Index in Uruguay

Name: Women's Civil Liberties Index in Uruguay
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Uruguay: Women's Civil Liberties Index was 0.856 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.856

Change on year

down 2.8%

World rank

42nd

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.918

in 2005

All-time low

0.172

in 1825

Years of data

201

1825–2025

Women's Civil Liberties Index in Uruguay, 1825–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for women's civil liberties index in Uruguay is 0.856, measured in 2025.

That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, women's civil liberties index in Uruguay peaked at 0.918 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.172, in 1825.

Uruguay ranks 42nd of 176 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 201 years of available data.

Women's Civil Liberties Index in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Women's Civil Liberties Index in Uruguay, 1825 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1825	0.172	—
1826	0.172	+0.0%
1827	0.172	+0.0%
1828	0.172	+0.0%
1829	0.172	+0.0%
1830	0.362	+110.5%
1831	0.362	+0.0%
1832	0.362	+0.0%
1833	0.362	+0.0%
1834	0.362	+0.0%
1835	0.362	+0.0%
1836	0.362	+0.0%
1837	0.362	+0.0%
1838	0.362	+0.0%
1839	0.362	+0.0%
1840	0.362	+0.0%
1841	0.362	+0.0%
1842	0.362	+0.0%
1843	0.362	+0.0%
1844	0.362	+0.0%
1845	0.362	+0.0%
1846	0.362	+0.0%
1847	0.362	+0.0%
1848	0.362	+0.0%
1849	0.362	+0.0%
1850	0.362	+0.0%
1851	0.362	+0.0%
1852	0.362	+0.0%
1853	0.362	+0.0%
1854	0.362	+0.0%
1855	0.362	+0.0%
1856	0.362	+0.0%
1857	0.362	+0.0%
1858	0.362	+0.0%
1859	0.362	+0.0%
1860	0.72	+98.9%
1861	0.72	+0.0%
1862	0.72	+0.0%
1863	0.72	+0.0%
1864	0.72	+0.0%
1865	0.72	+0.0%
1866	0.72	+0.0%
1867	0.72	+0.0%
1868	0.72	+0.0%
1869	0.72	+0.0%
1870	0.72	+0.0%
1871	0.72	+0.0%
1872	0.72	+0.0%
1873	0.72	+0.0%
1874	0.72	+0.0%
1875	0.72	+0.0%
1876	0.72	+0.0%
1877	0.72	+0.0%
1878	0.72	+0.0%
1879	0.72	+0.0%
1880	0.72	+0.0%
1881	0.72	+0.0%
1882	0.72	+0.0%
1883	0.72	+0.0%
1884	0.72	+0.0%
1885	0.72	+0.0%
1886	0.72	+0.0%
1887	0.72	+0.0%
1888	0.72	+0.0%
1889	0.72	+0.0%
1890	0.72	+0.0%
1891	0.72	+0.0%
1892	0.72	+0.0%
1893	0.72	+0.0%
1894	0.72	+0.0%
1895	0.72	+0.0%
1896	0.72	+0.0%
1897	0.72	+0.0%
1898	0.72	+0.0%
1899	0.72	+0.0%
1900	0.72	+0.0%
1901	0.72	+0.0%
1902	0.72	+0.0%
1903	0.72	+0.0%
1904	0.744	+3.3%
1905	0.744	+0.0%
1906	0.744	+0.0%
1907	0.744	+0.0%
1908	0.744	+0.0%
1909	0.744	+0.0%
1910	0.744	+0.0%
1911	0.744	+0.0%
1912	0.744	+0.0%
1913	0.752	+1.1%
1914	0.752	+0.0%
1915	0.752	+0.0%
1916	0.752	+0.0%
1917	0.752	+0.0%
1918	0.77	+2.4%
1919	0.77	+0.0%
1920	0.77	+0.0%
1921	0.77	+0.0%
1922	0.77	+0.0%
1923	0.77	+0.0%
1924	0.77	+0.0%
1925	0.77	+0.0%
1926	0.77	+0.0%
1927	0.77	+0.0%
1928	0.77	+0.0%
1929	0.77	+0.0%
1930	0.77	+0.0%
1931	0.77	+0.0%
1932	0.77	+0.0%
1933	0.778	+1.0%
1934	0.778	+0.0%
1935	0.778	+0.0%
1936	0.778	+0.0%
1937	0.778	+0.0%
1938	0.778	+0.0%
1939	0.778	+0.0%
1940	0.778	+0.0%
1941	0.778	+0.0%
1942	0.813	+4.5%
1943	0.813	+0.0%
1944	0.813	+0.0%
1945	0.813	+0.0%
1946	0.862	+6.0%
1947	0.862	+0.0%
1948	0.862	+0.0%
1949	0.862	+0.0%
1950	0.862	+0.0%
1951	0.861	-0.1%
1952	0.861	+0.0%
1953	0.861	+0.0%
1954	0.861	+0.0%
1955	0.861	+0.0%
1956	0.861	+0.0%
1957	0.878	+2.0%
1958	0.878	+0.0%
1959	0.878	+0.0%
1960	0.878	+0.0%
1961	0.878	+0.0%
1962	0.878	+0.0%
1963	0.878	+0.0%
1964	0.878	+0.0%
1965	0.878	+0.0%
1966	0.878	+0.0%
1967	0.878	+0.0%
1968	0.851	-3.1%
1969	0.851	+0.0%
1970	0.805	-5.4%
1971	0.805	+0.0%
1972	0.805	+0.0%
1973	0.599	-25.6%
1974	0.576	-3.8%
1975	0.576	+0.0%
1976	0.576	+0.0%
1977	0.576	+0.0%
1978	0.576	+0.0%
1979	0.576	+0.0%
1980	0.576	+0.0%
1981	0.576	+0.0%
1982	0.576	+0.0%
1983	0.576	+0.0%
1984	0.63	+9.4%
1985	0.89	+41.3%
1986	0.909	+2.1%
1987	0.909	+0.0%
1988	0.909	+0.0%
1989	0.909	+0.0%
1990	0.909	+0.0%
1991	0.909	+0.0%
1992	0.909	+0.0%
1993	0.909	+0.0%
1994	0.909	+0.0%
1995	0.909	+0.0%
1996	0.909	+0.0%
1997	0.909	+0.0%
1998	0.909	+0.0%
1999	0.909	+0.0%
2000	0.909	+0.0%
2001	0.909	+0.0%
2002	0.909	+0.0%
2003	0.909	+0.0%
2004	0.909	+0.0%
2005	0.918	+1.0%
2006	0.918	+0.0%
2007	0.918	+0.0%
2008	0.918	+0.0%
2009	0.918	+0.0%
2010	0.918	+0.0%
2011	0.918	+0.0%
2012	0.918	+0.0%
2013	0.911	-0.8%
2014	0.911	+0.0%
2015	0.911	+0.0%
2016	0.911	+0.0%
2017	0.911	+0.0%
2018	0.911	+0.0%
2019	0.911	+0.0%
2020	0.899	-1.3%
2021	0.895	-0.4%
2022	0.891	-0.4%
2023	0.896	+0.6%
2024	0.881	-1.7%
2025	0.856	-2.8%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

Uruguay's 0.856 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.888, 96% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
Uruguay's 0.856 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.693, 1.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1820s	0.172	0.172	0.172	5
1830s	0.362	0.362	0.362	10
1840s	0.362	0.362	0.362	10
1850s	0.362	0.362	0.362	10
1860s	0.72	0.72	0.72	10
1870s	0.72	0.72	0.72	10
1880s	0.72	0.72	0.72	10
1890s	0.72	0.72	0.72	10
1900s	0.7344	0.72	0.744	10
1910s	0.7532	0.744	0.77	10
1920s	0.77	0.77	0.77	10
1930s	0.7756	0.77	0.778	10
1940s	0.8256	0.778	0.862	10
1950s	0.8662	0.861	0.878	10
1960s	0.8726	0.851	0.878	10
1970s	0.647	0.576	0.805	10
1980s	0.746	0.576	0.909	10
1990s	0.909	0.909	0.909	10
2000s	0.9135	0.909	0.918	10
2010s	0.9131	0.911	0.918	10
2020s	0.8863	0.856	0.899	6

Countries ranked near Uruguay

39 Bulgaria 0.861 compare
40 Armenia 0.86 compare
41 Moldova 0.859 compare
43 Hungary 0.84 compare
44 Tunisia 0.83 compare
45 Ghana 0.829 compare

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More gender data for Uruguay

Child population (UN estimates and projections) 533.96 (2030)
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -2.73 % change on previous year (2030)
Population 2,839 (2030)
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 2,839 (2030)
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.4412 % change on previous year (2030)
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 16,020 (2025)
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 16,875 (2025)
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 16,097 (2025)
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 16,965 (2025)
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 16,216 (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is women's civil liberties index in Uruguay?: Women's civil liberties index in Uruguay was 0.856 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest women's civil liberties index recorded in Uruguay?: The highest recorded value was 0.918 in 2005.
What is the lowest women's civil liberties index recorded in Uruguay?: The lowest recorded value was 0.172 in 1825.
How does Uruguay rank for women's civil liberties index?: Uruguay ranks 42nd out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is women's civil liberties index rising or falling in Uruguay?: Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Women's Civil Liberties Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Women's Civil Liberties Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,494 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 09 October 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which women are free from forced labor, have property rights and access to the justice system, and enjoy freedom of movement.