Environment in Uruguay

2,555 indicators covering environment for Uruguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Superphosphates above 35% — Import value 16,318 1000 USD 2024 down 40.9% 15th
Packaging paper and paperboard — Production 34,000 t 2024 up 11.4% 84th
Water productivity, total (constant 2015 US$ GDP per cubic meter of) 13.73 2022 up 5.1% 116th
Exported deforestation 1,896 hectares 2023 down 18.9% 44th
Imported deforestation 4,288 hectares 2023 up 15.6% 52nd
Deforestation embedded in trade 2,391 hectares 2023 up 74.6% 63rd
Consumption-based deforestation per person 17.38 square meters 2023 up 27.8% 14th
Other vegetal material and residues — Energy consumption 17,193 TJ 2024 up 99.9% 25th
Percent of arable land equipped for irrigation (percent) (3-year) 1.8 % 2021 up 28.6% 65th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 08 - Sectoral breakdown of 1.91 Percentage of GDP 2021 up 46.5% 33rd
Land use — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 32,510 Square kilometres 2024 up 148.7% 6th
Industrial water withdrawal 496.36 million cubic meters 2023 up 28.3% 70th
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 4,039 1000 USD 2024 up 16.8% 69th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 26,202 1000 USD 2024 down 35.1% 70th
Insecticides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 5,323 t 2024 down 21.9% 53rd
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 34 t 2016 83rd
Mechanical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 27 1000 USD 2016 85th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 34,331 t 2024 up 22.9% 20th
Herbicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 130,065 1000 USD 2024 down 4.9% 25th
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 5,734 t 2024 up 255.1% 54th
Disinfectants, etc (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 11,536 1000 USD 2024 up 148.1% 75th
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import quantity 3,517 t 2024 up 10.8% 56th
Fungicides (excl. Haz. pest.) — Import value 40,431 1000 USD 2024 up 29.1% 51st
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent applications 12.17 Patents 2023 up 102.8% 48th
Prefabricated buildings of wood (export/import) — Export value 872 1000 USD 2024 58th
15.2.1 Forest area under an independently verified forest management 1,678 1000 ha 2024 up 35.2% 29th
Watermelons — Gross Production Value 106,182 1000 SLC 2024 up 0.9% 52nd
Total official financial flows for water supply and sanitation, by recipient 780,000 millions of constant united states dollars 2017 up 32.2% 123rd
Case materials — Production 0 t 2024 down 100.0% 94th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import quantity 5 t 2016 113th
Chemical wood pulp, sulphite, bleached (1961-2016) — Import value 8 1000 USD 2016 113th
Hazardous pesticides — Import quantity 71.78 t 2024 up 586.4% 54th
Hazardous pesticides — Import value 99.91 1000 USD 2024 down 78.5% 73rd
Pulpwood, round and split (production) — Production 16.96 million m3 2024 up 117.6% 14th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 14,063 Hectares 2020 down 2.6% 55th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 2,024 Hectares 2020 down 0.4% 77th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 2,063 Hectares 2020 down 0.4% 80th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 2,031 Hectares 2020 up 17.3% 98th
Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 23 - Ecological 17,502 Hectares 2020 unchanged 82nd
Land use hidden — Agriculture area under organic agriculture 35,723 Square kilometres 2023 up 283.7% 5th
Urea — Export quantity 396.24 t 2024 down 48.7% 89th
Urea — Export value 225.78 1000 USD 2024 down 46.4% 91st
Environment-related technologies patents — Patent grants 1 Patents 2022 down 33.3% 49th
Wood residues — Production 0 m3 2024 down 100.0% 85th
Wood chips, particles and residues — Production 337,000 m3 2024 down 62.5% 60th
Pulpwood, round and split, non-coniferous (production) — Production 16.96 million m3 2024 up 118.3% 8th
Freshwater Fish — Import quantity 4 1000 t 2023 down 20.0% 89th
Freshwater Fish — Domestic supply quantity 5 1000 t 2023 unchanged 128th
Freshwater Fish — Food 5 1000 t 2023 unchanged 128th
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity 1.33 kg/cap 2023 down 9.5% 123rd
Total donations received for biodiversity conservation 160,000 millions of constant united states dollars 2017 down 95.0% 140th
Freshwater Fish — Food supply 1.97 kcal/cap/d 2023 down 5.7% 135th
Freshwater Fish — Food supply 2,434 million Kcal 2023 down 4.8% 138th
Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 0.28 g/cap/d 2023 down 6.7% 134th
Freshwater Fish — Protein supply quantity 346.24 t 2023 down 4.3% 138th
Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 0.09 g/cap/d 2023 down 10.0% 135th
Freshwater Fish — Fat supply quantity 117.17 t 2023 down 5.4% 138th
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import quantity 0 t 2016 down 100.0% 91st
Semi-chemical wood pulp (1961-2016) — Import value 0 1000 USD 2016 down 100.0% 94th
Urea and ammonium nitrate solutions (UAN) — Import value 17,039 1000 USD 2024 up 53.0% 15th