Uruguay country codes

Uruguay at a glance

The ISO country identifiers for Uruguay are UY, URY, and 858. Select the format your form or system requests.

Namename

Uruguay

Native name in sourcenative_name

Uruguay

Capital / administrative centrecapital

Montevideo

Continentcontinent

South America (SA)

Regionregion

Americas

Sub-regionsub_region

Latin America and the Caribbean

Calling prefixes, currency & internet domain

International calling prefixdial_code

+598

Currency referencecurrency_code

UYUUruguayan PesoUYWUruguayan Nominal Wage Index Unit

Country-code domaintld

.uy

A listed telephone prefix may combine a shared country calling code with an area code. It is not a complete phone number.

Languages & native names

Languages listed for Uruguay in the reference source, with native language names where available. This is not an exhaustive list of the languages spoken or a statement of their legal status.

The small codes are source language tags. A tag such as en-US includes a language and a regional variant; it is different from an ISO country code on its own.

Uruguay time zones

1 identifier is listed for UY in IANA zone.tab, release 2026d. Time-zone identifiers describe clock-rule locations, not fixed UTC offsets.

• America/Montevideo

UTC offsets and daylight-saving rules depend on the date and location. Use the time-zone converter to compare local times for a chosen date.

ISO, sporting & legacy identifiers

These code systems serve different purposes. Similar-looking codes can refer to different places or organisations.

ISO alpha-2iso_alpha_2

UY

ISO alpha-3iso_alpha_3

URY

ISO numericiso_numeric

858

FIFA referencefifa

URU

IOC referenceioc

URU

Legacy FIPS-style referencefips

UY

FIFA and IOC values are source references, not confirmation of current membership or event participation. FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn in 2008; legacy FIPS-style values are for interpreting older datasets and must not replace current ISO codes.

Sources & reference notes

The base record is from ListBase.org v2026.08. English and native country names use Annexare Countries, language names use Annexare and runtime display-name data, time zones use IANA 2026d, and the locally hosted flag is from flag-icons.