Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Uruguay

Clean electricity share in Uruguay in 2025 — 97.82%. Ranked 6 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.4 pp.

2025 97.82% −1.06 pp vs 2024
World rank 6of 91
Period maximum 99.89%2003
Period minimum 61.23%2008

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Uruguay, 2000–2025607080901002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 93.42%2001: 99.78%2002: 99.69%2003: 99.89%2004: 81.7%2005: 87.5%2006: 64.63%2007: 86.99%2008: 61.23%2009: 68.16%2010: 89.2%2011: 74.66%2012: 64.62%2013: 84.13%2014: 94.76%2015: 93.16%2016: 96.82%2017: 98.46%2018: 97.54%2019: 98.26%2020: 94.03%2021: 84.62%2022: 90.78%2023: 92.43%2024: 98.88%2025: 97.82%
Change over the period: +4.4 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Uruguay

Uruguay 97.82%
South America computed 78.96%
Clean electricity share — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 97.82 −1.06 pp
2024 98.88 +6.45 pp
2023 92.43 +1.65 pp
2022 90.78 +6.16 pp
2021 84.62 −9.41 pp
2020 94.03 −4.23 pp
2019 98.26 +0.72 pp
2018 97.54 −0.92 pp
2017 98.46 +1.64 pp
2016 96.82 +3.66 pp
2015 93.16 −1.6 pp
2014 94.76 +10.63 pp
2013 84.13 +19.51 pp
2012 64.62 −10.04 pp
2011 74.66 −14.54 pp
2010 89.2 +21.04 pp
2009 68.16 +6.93 pp
2008 61.23 −25.76 pp
2007 86.99 +22.36 pp
2006 64.63 −22.87 pp
2005 87.5 +5.8 pp
2004 81.7 −18.19 pp
2003 99.89 +0.2 pp
2002 99.69 −0.09 pp
2001 99.78 +6.36 pp
2000 93.42

South America, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of electricity from sources that emit nothing while they operate: all renewables together with nuclear generation. Ember calls such generation clean, and it is also described as low-carbon; the grouping is made on a single feature — the absence of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour — and it has no bearing on any other property of nuclear power. The indicator is useful precisely because it does not depend on the choice between the two ways of doing without fuel: a country with a large nuclear program and a country with hydropower end up side by side.

Important: Renewables and nuclear together, on the criterion of no emissions while operating. It complements the fossil fuel share: together they come to about one hundred percent. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.