80年代上半期,乌拉圭的经济与大多数拉美国家的经济一样,经受了严重的困难;这些困难是由于不利的外部因素结合在一起以及国内未解决的社会经济问题趋于尖锐造成的.国内生产总值1981年增长了1.5%,接着就开始下降——1982年下降了9.7%,1983年下降了6.4%,1984年下降了2.4%.1985年,国内生产总值有了增长,但仅增长了0.5%。1986年国内生产总值的增长率为5%,也还弥补不了前一个时期的下降。在整个1981—1986年期间, Uruguay’s economy experienced the same difficulties as most Latin American countries in the first half of the 1980s due to unfavorable external factors and sharp domestic socio-economic problems that have not been solved in the country. A decrease of 1.5 per cent in 1981, followed by a decline of 9.7 per cent in 1982, a decrease of 6.4 per cent in 1983 and a decrease of 2.4 per cent in 1984. In 1985, gross domestic product grew, but only increased 0.5%. The GDP growth rate of 5% in 1986 also failed to make up for the decline of the previous period. Throughout 1981-1986,