🇺🇾 Uruguay: Politics & Democracy
Yes — with a V-Dem liberal democracy score of 79.0 (on a 0–100 scale), Uruguay ranks among the world's strong liberal democracies.
Current leaders
Yamandú Orsi
Head of State · Broad Front
Democracy trend
Voting alignment
Uruguay's closest UN General Assembly voting partners since 1946:
Frequently asked questions
Is Uruguay a democracy?
Yes — with a V-Dem liberal democracy score of 79.0 (on a 0–100 scale), Uruguay ranks among the world's strong liberal democracies. It ranks #13 of 179 countries in 2025.
Is democracy in Uruguay improving or declining?
Uruguay's V-Dem liberal democracy score has declined by 4.2 points over the past decade, standing at 79.0 in 2025 (1-year change: +2.2).
Who leads Uruguay?
Yamandú Orsi is Uruguay's head of state (Broad Front).