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Government at a GlanceLatin America and the Caribbean 2017
Uruguay has achieved significant progress in promoting merit-based recruitment for its civil service
The civil service merit index measures the degree of effective protection against arbitrariness, political cap-ture or clientelism when recruiting for the civil service. The index score of Uruguay increased from 53/100 to 73/100 between 2004 and 2013, above the average regional level, which increased from 33/100 to 54/100 during the same period. This improvement could be explained by the development and implementation of the recruitment and selection system and the launching of the online recruitment portal “Uruguay Concur-sa”, as well as by substantial increase in the number of merit contests for government positions.
Chapter 6: Human Resources Management
6.3. Civil service Merit (2004, 2012-15)
Uruguay is at the forefront of digital government efforts in the LAC region
Like the majority of LAC countries, Uruguay has adopted a national strategy for digital government and is among the LAC countries that use performance indicators to monitor progress in digital government. Reap-ing the full benefits of digital technologies requires effective co-ordination to avoid duplication, ensure that new technologies are widely adopted and that their importance and benefits are understood. Uruguay stands out as an example of effective digital government co-ordination. The Agency for Electronic Government and Knowledge and Information society (AGESIC) is in charge of managing relationships with other public institutions and seeks to monitor and support the implementation of digital government policies, co-ordinate cross-cutting projects and perform change management. AGESIC is also in charge of providing a centralised follow-up and support mechanism for digital government projects.
Chapter 8: Digital Government
8.1. Existence of a national strategy for digital government or the use of ICT in the public sector, 20158.2. Use of performance indicators to monitor progress in digital or e-government, 2015
Government data is generally available to the public but it could be more accessible
The OECD’s composite index on the Openness, Usefulness and Reusability of data (OURdata index) mea-sures governments’ efforts to proactively release government data. In 2015, Uruguay (0.72/100) achieved the second-highest score of the LAC region in OURdata index, above the regional (0.43/100) and OECD (0.56/100) averages. Uruguay scores particularly well on data availability (0.27/33), while on data accessi-bility (0.22/0.33) it has a lower score, indicating the possibility to further improve to the national data portal, by for example including a ranking function for datasets and a voting button for visitors.
Chapter 8: Digital and open government
8.21. OURdata Index: Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data, 2015
Uruguay
Government revenues(2014)
Government expenditures(2014)
Government gross debt(2014)
% of GDP % of GDP % of GDP
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database Source: IMF Government Finance Statistics database
G@G /dataG@G /data
-3.5%
Uruguay
-4.5%-8%
0%
-2%
-6%
-4%
Fiscal balance(2014)
% of GDP
Government investment(2014)
% of GDP
How to read the figures:
Uruguay
Country value in green (not represented if not available) Average of OECD country
values in blueRange of LAC country
values in grey
Public Finance & Economics Public Employment & Compensation
Public Finance and Economics
GOVERNMENT INPUTS: FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database
Values have been rounded. n.a. refers to
data not availableAverage of LAC country values in purple
Breakdown of tax revenues(2014)
% of total taxation
Uruguay
43.8%
21.3%
28.0%
Goods and services
Income and pro�ts
Social security49.5%
27.9%
16.4%
Other
Source: OECD Revenue Statistics in Latin America (database)
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database
33.1%
10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
32.2%
Uruguay
2.6%n.a.
Uruguay
1% 2% 3% 4% 5% 6%
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook database
61.2% 100%
0%
100%
0%
Uruguay
50.4%
60% 90% 120% 150%30%0%
50.3%
50%
40%
60%
53.3%Uruguay
Public Employment and Compensation
G@G /data
Public sector employment filled by women
(2014)
Source: International Labour Organization (database)
Public sector employmentas % of total employment
(2014)
Source: International Labour Organization (database)
12.0% 5%
0%
25%
10%
15%
20%14.9%Uruguay
10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
28.6%28.7%
Uruguay
GOVERNMENT PROCESSES
Government Institutions Public Procurement Digital Government
Digital Government
iREG: Composite indicatoron stakeholder engagement (2015)
Source: OECD Indicators of Regulatory Policy and Governance for Latin America
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
n.a.
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
4.0
1.61
Uruguay
Methodology
Systematicadoption
Transparency
Oversight,qualitycontrol
0
20
40
60
80
100
73
0
20
40
60
80
100
45
Uruguay
Civil service merit index(2012-2015)
Source: Inter-American Development Bank, 2014
7.7%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20%
n.a.
Uruguay
Source: IMF Government Finance Statistics database. * See Notes
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0.72
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
0.44
Uruguay
Dataavailability
Dataaccessibility
Governmentsupportto re-use
Main nationalcitizens portal for
government services
Legally recogniseddigital identi�cation
(e.g. digital signature)mechanism
61%
Yes
56%
No
Uruguay
Existence of a main national citizens portal forgovernment services and a legally recognised
digital identification mechanism (2015)
Source: OECD Survey on digital government performance
Health Financing Systems and Budget
The max. score for each category is 1, andthe max. aggregate score for the composite is 4
Composite index from 0 (lowest) to 100 (highest)
High Moderate Low
33%47%20%
ModerateUruguay
Level of influence of theCentre of Government
over line ministries(2015)
Government Institutions
Source: OECD 2015 Survey on Centre of Government
Development of strategic public procurement by objective(2015)
Public ProcurementGovernment procurement
(2014) *% of GDP
Source: 2015 OECD Survey on Public Procurement
OURdata Index:Open, Useful, Reusable Government Data (2016)
Composite index from 0 (lowest) to 1 (highest)
Source: 2016 OECD Survey on Open Government Data
Greenpublic procurement
A strategy / policy has been developed by some procuring entities
A strategy / policy has been developed at a central level
MSMEs Procure innovativegoods and services
6 12 0
A strategy / policy has been rescinded
A strategy / policy has never been developed
6 4 19 0 1 2 12 0 8
Support to Women ownedenterprises
1 3 0 16
Uruguay
GOVERNMENT PROCESSES
Notes
OUTPUTS AND OUTCOMES
Uruguay
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6Higher
inequality
Lowerinequality
Before After
0.530.46
taxes and transfers
Before After
0.52 0.50
taxes and transfers
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
Before After
0.47
0.29taxes and transfers
Higherinequality
Lowerinequality 0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
Gini coefficient: Differences in income inequality pre and post-tax and government transfers (2012)
For more information on the data (including full methodology and figure notes) and to consult all other Country Fact Sheets: http://www.oecd.org/gov/government-at-a-glance-lac.htm
* Costs of goods and services financed by general government are not included in government procurement because they are not accounted separately in the IMF Government Finance Statistics (database).
Indicator from 0 (low income concentration) to 100 (high income concentration)
Health Financing Systems And Budget FormulationHealth care financing schemes and percentage of population covered (2015)
Source: 2015 OECD Survey of Budget Officials on Budgeting Practices for Health in LAC countries
0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100
63%39%
6%2%2%4%
24%69%
Socialhealth insurance
Voluntaryprivate insurance
Government�nancing scheme
Uruguay
Compulsoryprivate insurance
Not coveredby any explicitarrangement
Other
0%0%
7%7%
Source: OECD Income Distribution Database
Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017 is the second edition of a joint publication between the Organization for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It provides readers with a dashboard of key indicators to
inform policy making and benchmark specific interventions. The model is the OECD Government at a Glance, which is a fundamental reference,
backed by a well-established methodology for OECD member countries. Compared to the previous edition that had a special focus on Public
Financial Management and alongside with indicators on public finances and public employment this second version covers a wider range of public
management areas including the role and influence of the Centre of Government, Open Government and Open Data policies, Digital Government,
Regulatory Governance and practices for Budgeting in health systems.
Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017
The Excel spreadsheets used to create the tables and figures in Government at a Glance: Latin America and the Caribbean 2017 are available via the Stat-Links provided throughout the publication: http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264265554-en
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