Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Uruguay

Renewables share of final energy consumption in Uruguay in 2021 — 57.8%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 212. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 13 pp.

2021 57.8% −3.4 pp vs 2020
World rank 41of 212
Period maximum 61.2%2020
Period minimum 33.3%1999

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Uruguay, 1990–202130405060701990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 44.8%1991: 43.7%1992: 43.3%1993: 42.7%1994: 42.2%1995: 41%1996: 37.5%1997: 37.7%1998: 36.9%1999: 33.3%2000: 38.7%2001: 41.6%2002: 43.2%2003: 43.8%2004: 39.3%2005: 41.3%2006: 37.6%2007: 43.2%2008: 44.1%2009: 44.6%2010: 53.3%2011: 49.7%2012: 47.9%2013: 51.9%2014: 56.7%2015: 59.4%2016: 60.3%2017: 60.8%2018: 60.8%2019: 59.3%2020: 61.2%2021: 57.8%
Change over the period: +13 pp Annual average: 0.42 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 57.8 −3.4 pp
2020 61.2 +1.9 pp
2019 59.3 −1.5 pp
2018 60.8 +0 pp
2017 60.8 +0.5 pp
2016 60.3 +0.9 pp
2015 59.4 +2.7 pp
2014 56.7 +4.8 pp
2013 51.9 +4 pp
2012 47.9 −1.8 pp
2011 49.7 −3.6 pp
2010 53.3 +8.7 pp
2009 44.6 +0.5 pp
2008 44.1 +0.9 pp
2007 43.2 +5.6 pp
2006 37.6 −3.7 pp
2005 41.3 +2 pp
2004 39.3 −4.5 pp
2003 43.8 +0.6 pp
2002 43.2 +1.6 pp
2001 41.6 +2.9 pp
2000 38.7 +5.4 pp
1999 33.3 −3.6 pp
1998 36.9 −0.8 pp
1997 37.7 +0.2 pp
1996 37.5 −3.5 pp
1995 41 −1.2 pp
1994 42.2 −0.5 pp
1993 42.7 −0.6 pp
1992 43.3 −0.4 pp
1991 43.7 −1.1 pp
1990 44.8

About the indicator

The share of energy from renewable sources in total final energy consumption — not in electricity alone, but in heating and transport as well. High values in low-income countries are often explained not by “green” energy but by the traditional use of wood fuel for cooking.

Important: There is no aggregate for groups of countries: the correct denominator is final energy consumption itself, and that is published by the Energy Institute, whose terms prohibit republication. Weighting by population would be especially wrong here — in the poorest countries the renewable share is high because of firewood, and the world figure would come out overstated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.