Uruguay's electricity generation rose from 7.6 in 2000 to 11.9 in 2025.
Uruguay's primary energy consumption rose from 25.9 in 1994 to 45.4 in 2023.
Uruguay · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Uruguay's electricity consumption per capita rose from 2,323.8 kWh in 2000 to 3,527.7 kWh in 2025.
Uruguay's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.6 in 2025.
Uruguay's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 4.9 in 2025.
Uruguay's hydropower electricity generation fell from 7.1 in 2000 to 3.3 in 2025.
Uruguay's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2025.
Uruguay's energy use per capita rose from 8,149.5 kWh in 1994 to 13,409.5 kWh in 2023.
Uruguay's renewable energy rose from 43.3 % in 1992 to 57.8 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricitydown −1.1 pts5th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +1.1 pts6th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −1.1 pts6th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −6.4 pts30th of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts31st of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +0.9 pts51st of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +2.0 pts3rd of 88
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 89
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts78th of 87
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- Energy importsup +4.2 pts44th of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +11.1 pts9th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPunchanged +0.0 %40th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +15.6 %10th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*