Statistics
Public spending by the numbers
Uruguay's state spending in figures: how much, on what, to whom and —what no explorer gives you— by type of supplier.
$ 17.000 Typical purchase (median)
42.904Suppliers397Buying bodiesSpending by supplier type
See advertising to mediaWhat kind of supplier the money goes to: companies, public bodies, media, agencies, co-ops or individuals. The category is inferred by AI from the name.
- Company · 4.784 suppliers$ 1.172,15 mil M
- Public body · 207 suppliers$ 102,5 mil M
- Person · 3.504 suppliers$ 65,9 mil M
- Co-op · 355 suppliers$ 26,64 mil M
- Digital · 13 suppliers$ 15,25 mil M
- TV · 14 suppliers$ 6,13 mil M
- Press · 16 suppliers$ 3,6 mil M
- Other · 19 suppliers$ 1,05 mil M
- Radio · 11 suppliers$ 995 M
- Agency · 14 suppliers$ 964 M
- Out-of-home · 4 suppliers$ 599 M
- Producer · 5 suppliers$ 243 M
Across the 8.946 biggest suppliers by spend, already categorized. It does not cover the tail of thousands of small suppliers.
Purchases by year
Number of purchases recorded each year.
What it's spent on
View allWho spends most
View all- Administración Nacional de Combustible, Alcohol y Portland$ 471,84 mil M
- Dirección Nacional de Vialidad$ 139,54 mil M
- Administración Nacional de Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas$ 130,75 mil M
- Administración de las Obras Sanitarias del Estado$ 100,12 mil M
- Dirección General de Casinos$ 93,07 mil M
- Secretaría del Ministerio del Interior$ 74,25 mil M
- Intendencia de Montevideo$ 48,59 mil M
- Banco de la República del Uruguay$ 35,78 mil M
Who earns most
View all- TRAFIGURA PTE LTDCompany$ 77,61 mil M
- VITOL S.A.Company$ 51,41 mil M
- AXENSCompany$ 31,64 mil M
- ALCOHOLES DEL URUGUAY S ACompany$ 31,55 mil M
- DIRECCION GENERAL DE CASINOS DEL ESTADOPublic body$ 30,77 mil M
- CIRCUITO VIAL TRES S.ACompany$ 25,92 mil M
- C I E M S A CONSTRUCCIONES E INSTALACIONES ELECTROMCompany$ 25,14 mil M
- SACEEM$ 24,01 mil M
Source: Compras Estatales open data (OCDS). The median replaces the total (a few records with impossible quantities break any sum). Spending by type covers the AI-categorized suppliers.
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