Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas in Uruguay
Uruguay: Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas was 0.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas in Uruguay, 1946–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.0% for share of global co₂ emissions from gas in 2024.
That represents a change of up 34.9% on the previous year and up 104.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from gas in Uruguay peaked at 0.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1998.
That places Uruguay 110th out of 146 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.0% | — |
| 1947 | 0.0% | -9.7% |
| 1948 | 0.0% | -55.8% |
| 1949 | 0.0% | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | -93.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +964.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +50.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | -33.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +163.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +71.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +12.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -13.9% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -28.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +15.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -29.0% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +8.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +42.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -24.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +8.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | +34.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.0% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.1%, 2% of the median. (63 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0%, 19% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +964.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2003 | +163.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 4 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More climate change data for Uruguay
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 282.29 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 30,988 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6,806 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 24,182 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 25.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 863.65 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,857 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,098 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,759 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.92 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from gas in Uruguay?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from gas in Uruguay was 0.0% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from gas recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from gas recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1998.
- How does Uruguay rank for share of global co₂ emissions from gas?
- Uruguay ranks 110th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from gas rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 104.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from gas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from gas in the same year.