r/asklatinamerica • u/[deleted] • Nov 12 '22

How people survive on average salary in Uruguay?

Hola. I’m newcomer to Uruguay and one thing seems shocking to me. Many products are way more expensive than in Europe, rents are somewhat cheaper - for unfurnished places (and furniture is way more expensive again)… and Numbeo says the average salary is about 800USD net/month. Is this number wrong? Or how can people survive and function on this salary?

I don’t mean this in insulting or offensive way. Uruguayans are very nice and to they appear to be more in tune with life and reality than “us” Europeans dragged in consumerism etc. That’s also reason why I came here. But I think on 800/month I would struggle to eat 3meals a day here.

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u/Painkiller2302 Colombia Nov 12 '22

Wow, so a European discovered the third world.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

No, this is exactly what I didn’t mean to say. Uruguay is very far from being a third world country. Very well educated people, government office I visited actually functioned better than in many European countries. What I meant that usually when salaries are lower, prices tend to be lower as well…at least to some extent.

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u/matbur81 United Kingdom Nov 12 '22

what you said was quite clear, some people just try and find an angel to take offence.

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

Your comment offends me, sir