Uruguay's public procurement
The Intendencias, per head
How much each departmental government spends on public procurement, and how much that is per resident. The per-person figure evens out Montevideo's size and shows who spends well above or below the national line.
Read the investigation: Intendencia de MontevideoHow it's calculated
We sum the purchases each Intendencia publishes on Compras Estatales (amount in pesos, normalised). Per-capita spend divides that total by the department's population.
The view opens on the latest full year and compares each department against the year before. The running year is still partial, so it's never the default; pick "All-time" for the cumulative total.
Population: INE — Censo 2023, 2023 Census.
1 records with impossible amounts (source quantity errors) are excluded so they don't distort the sums; the rest is exactly as the State publishes it.
Mind the coverage: some Intendencias publish little or nothing on Compras Estatales, so a low per-capita figure can mean under-reporting, not thrift. Lavalleja and Soriano have no priced purchases and don't appear.
# 1 | Department | 2025 spend $ 9,98 mil M | vs 2024 +38 % | Per resident $ 7.658 | Contracts 15.172 | Of total 66.2% | |
# 2 | Department | 2025 spend $ 980 M | vs 2024 +41 % | Per resident $ 7.216 | Contracts 524 | Of total 6.5% | |
# 3 | Department | 2025 spend $ 409 M | vs 2024 -21 % | Per resident $ 5.819 | Contracts 328 | Of total 2.7% | |
# 4 | Department | 2025 spend $ 453 M | vs 2024 +4,5 % | Per resident $ 3.718 | Contracts 423 | Of total 3.0% | |
# 5 | Department | 2025 spend $ 2 mil M | vs 2024 +54 % | Per resident $ 3.289 | Contracts 901 | Of total 13.3% | |
# 6 | Department | 2025 spend $ 348 M | vs 2024 +81 % | Per resident $ 2.556 | Contracts 33 | Of total 2.3% | |
# 7 | Department | 2025 spend $ 118 M | vs 2024 -37 % | Per resident $ 2.478 | Contracts 55 | Of total 0.8% | |
# 8 | Department | 2025 spend $ 233 M | vs 2024 -32 % | Per resident $ 2.129 | Contracts 17 | Of total 1.5% | |
# 9 | Department | 2025 spend $ 121 M | vs 2024 -13 % | Per resident $ 2.111 | Contracts 18 | Of total 0.8% | |
# 10 | Department | 2025 spend $ 202 M | vs 2024 -75 % | Per resident $ 2.106 | Contracts 24 | Of total 1.3% | |
# 11 | Department | 2025 spend $ 54,2 M | vs 2024 +19 % | Per resident $ 2.064 | Contracts 37 | Of total 0.4% | |
# 12 | Department | 2025 spend $ 135 M | vs 2024 -47 % | Per resident $ 1.129 | Contracts 44 | Of total 0.9% | |
# 13 | Department | 2025 spend $ 15,3 M | vs 2024 -81 % | Per resident $ 197 | Contracts 9 | Of total 0.1% | |
# 14 | Department | 2025 spend $ 12,5 M | vs 2024 +3736 % | Per resident $ 138 | Contracts 3 | Of total 0.1% |
Updated 07 ago. 2026
Spending in 2025
Everything below is computed over published purchases; the explorer has the detail for each agency.
Spend per resident
Pesos spent per person in each department. Montevideo in blue.
Total spend
The absolute amount, where Montevideo dominates by size.
Spend by year
Purchases of all Intendencias, by year.
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Year-over-year change
2025 vs 2024: which Intendencias raised and cut spending the most.
Biggest rises
Biggest falls