Environment in Uruguay

2,555 indicators covering environment for Uruguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of the rural population using at least a basic drinking water services 95.3% 2024 up 6.5% 75th
People in rural areas not using an improved water source 0 people 2024 down 100.0% 138th
Grassland — Area from MODIS 8,555 1000 ha 2024 down 15.8% 46th
Herbaceous crops — Area from MODIS 833.31 1000 ha 2024 up 99.2% 84th
Artificial surfaces (including urban and associated areas) — Area 111.55 1000 ha 2024 up 1.6% 74th
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS 7,822 1000 ha 2024 up 18.0% 61st
Mangroves — Area from MODIS 0 1000 ha 2024 110th
Shrub-covered areas — Area from MODIS 0.05 1000 ha 2024 down 94.9% 129th
Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded 100.75 1000 ha 2024 down 2.3% 61st
Terrestrial barren land — Area from MODIS 0.92 1000 ha 2024 down 37.0% 127th
Permanent snow and glaciers — Area from MODIS 0 1000 ha 2024 46th
Inland water bodies — Area from MODIS 379.24 1000 ha 2024 up 0.0% 52nd
Temporary crops — Area 1,416 1000 ha 2024 down 17.6% 95th
Temporary fallow — Area 197 1000 ha 2024 unchanged 82nd
Temporary meadows and pastures — Area 555.7 1000 ha 2024 up 6.7% 36th
Other papers mainly for packaging — Import quantity 80 t 2024 down 79.3% 142nd
Other papers mainly for packaging — Import value 168 1000 USD 2024 down 42.9% 131st
Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Export quantity 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 143rd
Medium/high density fibreboard (MDF/HDF) — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 down 100.0% 146th
Case materials — Import quantity 17,000 t 2024 down 1.0% 115th
Case materials — Import value 16,587 1000 USD 2024 up 24.7% 101st
Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Export value 40,567 1000 USD 2024 up 134.7% 64th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import quantity 28,080 t 2024 up 3.7% 120th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Import value 38,562 1000 USD 2024 up 12.9% 108th
Cartonboard — Import quantity 5,000 t 2024 down 11.7% 122nd
Cartonboard — Import value 15,623 1000 USD 2024 down 5.1% 106th
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 3,918 1000 USD 2024 up 0.9% 67th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per capita 0.703 m3 per person 2024 up 183.5% 19th
Industrial roundwood, coniferous — Production, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP 2024 up 113.7% 22nd
Further processed sawnwood (export/import) — Import value 3,471 1000 USD 2024 up 17.7% 71st
Further processed sawnwood, non-coniferous (export/import) — Import 2,672 1000 USD 2024 up 5.1% 64th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Export quantity 7 t 2024 down 78.8% 196th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Export value 240 1000 USD 2024 up 175.9% 135th
Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 137 1000 USD 2024 down 97.7% 149th
Wrapping papers — Import quantity 6,000 t 2024 up 55.9% 116th
Wrapping papers — Import value 6,184 1000 USD 2024 up 51.2% 114th
Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Export value 67,205 1000 USD 2024 up 8.9% 74th
Wooden wrapping and packaging material (export/import) — Import value 1,448 1000 USD 2024 up 2.0% 115th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per capita 0.0157 t per person 2024 down 55.9% 54th
Paper and paperboard — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 66.7% 74th
Wrapping papers — Export quantity 6 t 2024 down 81.8% 144th
Wrapping papers — Export value 83 1000 USD 2024 down 4.6% 114th
Wood products for domestic/decorative use (export/import) — Import 1,754 1000 USD 2024 down 62.7% 85th
Special coated paper and pulp products (export/import) — Import value 11,014 1000 USD 2024 up 64.8% 92nd
Household and sanitary paper, ready for use (export/import) — Import 27,378 1000 USD 2024 down 11.6% 73rd
Packaging cartons, boxes etc. (export/import) — Import value 35,028 1000 USD 2024 down 3.5% 92nd
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per capita 0.0157 t per person 2024 down 16.0% 54th
Other paper and paperboard — Production, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 36.7% 70th
Wood fuel, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2024 down 100.0% 26th
Secondary processed paper products (export/import) — Import value 96,495 1000 USD 2024 up 13.5% 96th
Other articles of paper and paperboard, ready for use (export/import) 22,956 1000 USD 2024 up 110.8% 118th
Other manufactured wood products (export/import) — Import value 2,614 1000 USD 2024 up 36.1% 119th
Builder's joinery and carpentry of wood (export/import) — Import value 9,035 1000 USD 2024 up 91.9% 100th
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Production 0 t 2024 25th
Other papers mainly for packaging — Export quantity 0 t 2024 140th
Other papers mainly for packaging — Export value 0 1000 USD 2024 145th
Change in the consumption of ozone-depleting substances 3.26 2021 down 51.3% 71st
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export quantity 157 t 2024 down 97.8% 94th
Printing and writing papers, uncoated, woodfree — Export value 10 1000 USD 2024 down 99.9% 138th
Total fibre furnish — Production, per square kilometre 20.11 t per square kilometre 2023 up 174.8% 14th