Environment in Uruguay

2,555 indicators covering environment for Uruguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Land use hidden — Naturally regenerating forest 8,490 Square kilometres 2023 up 4.8% 107th
Wood pulp — Import value, per square kilometre 0.0196 1000 USD per square kilometre 2023 down 73.6% 92nd
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per square kilometre 0.0169 t per square kilometre 2023 down 85.0% 92nd
Land use hidden — Forest 20,940 Square kilometres 2023 up 13.5% 96th
Land use hidden — Planted Forest 12,450 Square kilometres 2023 up 20.4% 31st
Wood residues — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 186th
Wood residues — Import value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 180th
Watermelons — Gross Production Index Number 100.19 2024 up 0.9% 68th
Watermelons — Gross per capita Production Index Number 99.64 2024 up 0.0% 58th
Industrial roundwood — Production, per capita 6.04 m3 per person 2024 up 107.6% 5th
Charcoal — Energy consumption 188.8 TJ 2024 up 204.8% 105th
Annual freshwater withdrawals 4.51 billion billion cubic meters 2022 up 10.6% 70th
Pulp for paper — Production 4.16 million t 2024 up 117.7% 15th
Graphic papers — Production 215 t 2024 down 99.6% 83rd
Household and sanitary papers — Production 19,000 t 2024 down 26.9% 69th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 5.34 m3 per person 2024 up 100.5% 1st
Industrial roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0002 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 56.5% 4th
Wood residues — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 132nd
Wood residues — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 130th
Wood fuel — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 152nd
Wood fuel — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 151st
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0.0002 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 51.2% 3rd
Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of 12.05 2022 up 10.6% 87th
Printing and writing papers — Production 215 t 2024 down 99.6% 79th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import quantity 9,000 m3 2024 up 263.5% 67th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Import value 3,158 1000 USD 2024 up 135.7% 57th
Water productivity, GDP per cubic meter of freshwater withdrawal 13.73 constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of total freshwater withdrawal 2022 up 5.1% 116th
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from Waste 0.0014 Mt CO2e 2024 up 7.7% 62nd
Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 27.6% 77th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 212th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Import value 8 1000 USD 2024 190th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 212th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous (export/import) — Import value 8 1000 USD 2024 190th
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, per capita 1.02 m3 per person 2024 up 77.1% 13th
Wood chips and particles — Export quantity 247,000 m3 2024 down 72.3% 32nd
Wood chips and particles — Export value 38,865 1000 USD 2024 down 36.2% 17th
Other industrial roundwood, coniferous (production) — Production 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 92nd
Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, per capita 0.3195 m3 per person 2024 down 5.1% 12th
Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 33.5% 29th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 194th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous non-tropical (export/import) 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 199th
Industrial roundwood — Production, per square kilometre 100.15 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 125.0% 15th
Household and sanitary papers — Export quantity 2,200 t 2024 down 45.0% 69th
Household and sanitary papers — Export value 2,484 1000 USD 2024 down 56.3% 70th
Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.5% 36th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export quantity 259,000 m3 2024 up 105.6% 30th
Wood chips and particles — Import quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 181st
Wood chips and particles — Import value 72 1000 USD 2024 up 89.5% 105th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Export value 34,853 1000 USD 2024 up 68.6% 30th
Industrial roundwood, non-coniferous — Production, per square 86.7 m3 per square kilometre 2023 up 112.8% 3rd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Export quantity 0 t 2024 100th
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 103rd
Pulp from fibres other than wood — Production 0 t 2024 56th
Particle board — Import quantity 2,856 m3 2024 down 41.6% 140th
Particle board — Import value 1,193 1000 USD 2024 down 40.6% 144th
Municipal water as a share of total water withdrawals 9.4% 2022 down 7.8% 144th
Other industrial roundwood — Production, per capita 0.0097 m3 per person 2024 down 5.4% 75th
Inland waters — Area, per capita 0 1000 ha per person 2024 down 1.0% 52nd
Inland waters — Area, per unit of GDP 0 1000 ha per US$ of GDP 2024 down 25.4% 88th
Other industrial roundwood — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 down 28.7% 88th