Country profile

Uruguay

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Audit Oversight Bodies

Public audit-oversight bodies (POBs) and IFIAR membership by country

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Not IFIAR member

Auditoría Interna de la Nación (AIN) + Central Bank (BCU)

PAO: Colegio de Contadores, Economistas y Administradores del Uruguay (CCEAU) · ~200 registered audit firms · ~2700 registered auditors · No single POB; AIN oversees audit of state entities; BCU for financial sector. CCEAU is the PAO

Professional Accountancy Organisations

Accountancy bodies (PAOs) and their IFAC membership, by country

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IFAC member

Colegio de Contadores, Economistas y Administradores del Uruguay (CCEA)

IFAC member · Asociación Interamericana de Contabilidad (AIC) · Founded 1893

Company Registry Portals

Where company financial statements are filed and published, by country

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All entities

Central de Balances Electrónica / Registro de Estados Contables – AIN

All SA and SRL above statutory thresholds; banks and insurers via BCU/SSF · Annual financial statements submitted to AIN; public access for large entities

Accountant & Auditor Salaries

Gross annual pay of accountants and external auditors, in US dollars (2026)

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$7,500–20,000

Accountant: $11,304 a year

  • Accountant: $11,304 a year (modelled estimate)
  • External auditor: $15,582 a year (modelled estimate)
  • Average for all jobs: $15,276 a year

Modelled values use global occupational multipliers; use as directional estimates.

Gross pay in nominal US dollars (2026), not adjusted for living costs.

Country Challenges

The main challenge for accounting and audit in each country, from public evidence (2026)

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Audit quality

Quality assurance

  • Evidence: Structural inference — inferred from an institutional gap the source describes
  • Scope: Statutory audit

IFAC identifies no legal quality review requirement covering all financial statement audits; regulation is concentrated in the financial sector.

Source: Member Country | IFAC (professional framework profile)

GDP per Capita

GDP per capita (current US$), 2025 — World Bank Open Data

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High income · over $14,005

$25,216

GDP per capita (current US$), 2025 · High income · over $14,005

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