Environment in Uruguay

2,555 indicators covering environment for Uruguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 47.0% 2024 up 111.5% 98th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 54.4% 2024 up 52.3% 119th
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 71st
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 16,446 t 2024 down 28.3% 31st
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 801 t 2024 down 45.8% 59th
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 1,721 t 2024 down 16.7% 56th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0.0344 t per square kilometre 2023 down 73.2% 45th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 13,574 t 2024 down 28.8% 18th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 58th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 2 t 2024 61st
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -8.78 % change on previous year 2024 up 86.2% 75th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 17 t 2024 down 43.3% 64th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 332 t 2024 up 8.9% 32nd
Forest land — Share in Land area 11.46 % 2024 up 11.0% 194th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 79.5% 94th
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 89.1% 101st
Other land — Area 207.15 1000 ha 2024 down 72.4% 176th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.45 g/Int$ 2024 down 30.6% 32nd
Solid biofuels — Energy production 138,034 TJ 2024 up 88.3% 52nd
Fuelwood — Energy production 22,648 TJ 2024 down 13.0% 103rd
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 4.14 million t 2024 up 116.7% 6th
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 2.65 million 1000 USD 2024 up 193.1% 6th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% 64th
Asses — Stocks 1,661 An 2023 up 3.8% 101st
Asses — Amount excreted in manure 36,255 kg 2023 up 3.8% 99th
Asses — Manure left on pasture 35,892 kg 2023 up 3.8% 99th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that volatilises 7,178 kg 2023 up 3.8% 99th
Asses — Manure left on pasture that leaches 10,768 kg 2023 up 3.8% 99th
Asses — Manure management 362.55 kg 2023 up 3.8% 88th
Asses — Losses from manure treated 0 kg 2023 1st
Asses — Manure applied to soils 362.55 kg 2023 up 3.8% 88th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that volatilises 72.51 kg 2023 up 3.8% 88th
Asses — Manure applied to soils that leaches 108.76 kg 2023 up 3.8% 88th
Veneer sheets — Production 11,000 m3 2024 up 450.0% 80th
Recovered paper — Export value 5,512 1000 USD 2024 up 70.3% 73rd
Recovered paper — Export quantity 15,000 t 2024 up 26.7% 88th
Total Bioenergy — Energy production 139,906 TJ 2024 up 84.9% 54th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import quantity 142 t 2024 up 32.7% 82nd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Import value 247 1000 USD 2024 up 9.8% 82nd
Solid biofuels — Energy consumption 115,915 TJ 2024 up 81.6% 46th
Municipal water withdrawal 423.18 million cubic meters 2023 up 1.6% 89th
Fuelwood — Energy consumption 22,569 TJ 2024 down 13.1% 92nd
Total Bioenergy — Energy consumption 117,845 TJ 2024 up 78.7% 48th
Asses — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0 LSU/ha 2023 42nd
Asses — Share in total livestock 0.01 %LSU 2023 unchanged 105th
Asses — Stocks 830.5 LSU 2023 up 3.8% 99th
Household and sanitary papers — Import quantity 3,000 t 2024 up 1,062.8% 115th
Household and sanitary papers — Import value 2,650 1000 USD 2024 up 500.9% 124th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Agriculture 0.5973 Mt CO2e 2024 up 233.9% 36th
Pulp for paper — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0187 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 75.0% 96th
Pulp for paper — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0166 t per square kilometre 2023 down 85.3% 97th
Chemical wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0177 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 76.0% 95th
Chemical wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.016 t per square kilometre 2023 down 85.8% 96th
Average annual exposure to PM2.5 air pollution 10.85 micrograms per cubic meter 2023 down 7.7% 149th
Heating Degree Days, annual growth rate 8.19 % change on previous year 2024 up 150.6% 19th
Charcoal — Energy production 0 TJ 2002 down 100.0% 147th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export quantity 4.14 million t 2024 up 116.7% 6th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphate, bleached — Export value 2.65 million 1000 USD 2024 up 193.1% 5th
Wood fuel — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 178th
Wood fuel — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 175th