GUESSS: Uruguayan Country Report (2016)

Abstract

In the 7th edition of the Global Study Entrepreneurial Spirit Students' Survey (GUESSS) conducted in 2016, 122,509 students from 50 countries and more than 1,000 universities participated; in Uruguay, there were 1,396 students. The results of the study for Uruguay show that 40.9% of the participants were men and 59.1% were women, very similar to the international sample. With respect to age the majority is up to 24 years old (national 68%, and international 60%); the difference is in the percentage of students over 31 years old where at international level, the percentage is 14.8% (higher than the national percentage of 9.8%).