Uruguay

News coverage about Uruguay accounts for 0.229% of all coverage GDELT monitors worldwide as of August 20, 2026. Output is down 8.3% week-over-week. The average tone of this coverage is -0.17 — mildly negative.

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Coverage share
0.229%
of monitored articles
Week over week
-8.3%
7-day mean vs prior
Average tone
-0.17
mildly negative
Refresh tier
Standard
~5h cadence

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Uruguay coverage volume: 91 days, latest 0.23% on 2026-08-200.001.02.0May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Uruguay coverage tone: 91 days, latest tone -0.17 on 2026-08-20+20-2May 22Jun 7Jun 23Jul 9Jul 25Aug 10Aug 20

Event activity (CAMEO-coded)

Protests (1/day latest)

Protest events located in Uruguay: 6 days, latest 1.00 on 2026-08-120.001.02.0May 29Jun 5Jun 6Aug 3Aug 6Aug 12

Diplomacy (6/day latest)

Diplomatic events located in Uruguay: 76 days, latest 6.00 on 2026-08-190.0050.0100May 26Jun 9Jun 25Jul 8Jul 24Aug 6Aug 19

Coercion & force (4/day latest)

Coercive events located in Uruguay: 38 days, latest 4.00 on 2026-08-180.005.010.0May 26Jun 10Jun 30Jul 13Jul 28Aug 11Aug 18

CAMEO-coded events geolocated to Uruguay, counted daily from GDELT's event stream (protests: root 14; diplomacy: 04–05; coercion through mass violence: 17–20).

Coverage origin: local vs international

Over the last two weeks, 18% of the coverage about Uruguay came from outlets based in Uruguay — the rest was written from abroad (4,555 articles with a known outlet home country).

Daily share of coverage about Uruguay from domestic outlets (%): 49 days, latest 2.78 on 2026-08-200.0012.525.0Jul 3Jul 12Jul 21Jul 30Aug 8Aug 17Aug 20

Share of articles about Uruguay produced by domestic outlets, computed daily across GDELT's English and translated streams. Outlet home countries are mapped per news domain (GDELT source-country data); articles from unmapped outlets are excluded from the denominator. A very low share during major events can mean the story is being told about a place rather than from it.

Most-mentioned places

  • Paysandu (3)
  • Albisu (1)
  • Durazno (1)
  • Montevideo (1)
  • Palmasola (1)
  • Colonia Ombues De Lavalle (1)

Places named in coverage about Uruguay on 2026-08-20 (GDELT location extraction; article counts).

Active topics in coverage about Uruguay

Country indicators

GDP (current US$)
$85.3B
World Bank, 2025
Population
3.4M
World Bank, 2025
Trade (% of GDP)
49.7%
World Bank, 2025
Military expenditure (% of GDP)
2.3%
World Bank, 2024

Displacement, end of 2025

Internally displaced
0
within the country
Refugees abroad
126
originating from Uruguay
Refugees hosted
3,195
from other countries
Asylum seekers
27,288
pending claims, hosted

Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder, year-end 2025 stocks, plus 5 stateless persons. IDP figures cover conflict-displaced populations reported to UNHCR.

Coverage share measures articles published by Uruguay-based outlets as a share of all GDELT-monitored coverage — see methodology. Derived data is CC BY 4.0 (“Geotone / GDELT”).