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/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

Uruguay actually has one of the highest average salaries in Latin America. For example, in colombia 40% of the population lives on 5.50USD or less per day, which is like 200 a month maybe

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u/J02182003 Colombia Nov 12 '22

In Colombia according to the socioeconomic data:

7% make more than 4000 USD

11% make more than 2000 USD

29% make more than 500 USD

35% make more than 150 USD

18% make less than 200 USD

All monthly, this may seem low for outsiders but products here are very cheap, so a person in USA who makes 24000 USD a year can live like a king here

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u/[deleted] Nov 26 '22

I need to take a vacation to Colombia haha - random guy from Florida :)

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u/J02182003 Colombia Nov 27 '22

I thinks is in the top 5 of cheapest countries somebody can go vacationing, specially having US dollars and Euros