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Share of cumulative co2 in Uruguay

Uruguay: Share of cumulative co2 was 0.0258 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.0258
Change on year
down 0.4%
World rank
105th
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.0559
in 1913
All-time low
0.0005
in 1856
Years of data
169
1856–2024

Share of cumulative co2 in Uruguay, 1856–2024

00.020.040.06185619402024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.0258 for share of cumulative co2 in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 6.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of cumulative co2 in Uruguay peaked at 0.0559 in 1913 and was at its lowest, 0.0005, in 1856.

Uruguay ranks 105th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 169 years of available data.

Share of cumulative co2 in Uruguay, year by year

Year Value Change
1856 0.0005 —
1857 0.0012 +131.9%
1858 0.0028 +127.1%
1859 0.0035 +26.9%
1860 0.0043 +21.5%
1861 0.0054 +25.7%
1862 0.0062 +14.8%
1863 0.0074 +19.5%
1864 0.0083 +11.7%
1865 0.0097 +16.8%
1866 0.0124 +27.5%
1867 0.0149 +20.5%
1868 0.0186 +24.6%
1869 0.0215 +15.9%
1870 0.0232 +8.0%
1871 0.0242 +4.0%
1872 0.0256 +5.8%
1873 0.0263 +2.7%
1874 0.0284 +7.9%
1875 0.0291 +2.6%
1876 0.0298 +2.4%
1877 0.0307 +3.1%
1878 0.0314 +2.3%
1879 0.0318 +1.1%
1880 0.0322 +1.4%
1881 0.0329 +2.2%
1882 0.0331 +0.5%
1883 0.0337 +1.6%
1884 0.0346 +2.7%
1885 0.0359 +3.7%
1886 0.0362 +0.9%
1887 0.0372 +2.8%
1888 0.0383 +3.0%
1889 0.0411 +7.1%
1890 0.0416 +1.4%
1891 0.0417 +0.1%
1892 0.0414 -0.6%
1893 0.0415 +0.2%
1894 0.0421 +1.3%
1895 0.0424 +0.8%
1896 0.0428 +0.8%
1897 0.0426 -0.4%
1898 0.0431 +1.2%
1899 0.0434 +0.8%
1900 0.0442 +1.9%
1901 0.045 +1.6%
1902 0.0466 +3.6%
1903 0.0475 +1.9%
1904 0.0474 -0.2%
1905 0.047 -0.9%
1906 0.0478 +1.7%
1907 0.0491 +2.7%
1908 0.0509 +3.7%
1909 0.0524 +2.9%
1910 0.0538 +2.7%
1911 0.0549 +2.1%
1912 0.0557 +1.3%
1913 0.0559 +0.4%
1914 0.0557 -0.3%
1915 0.0551 -1.1%
1916 0.0539 -2.1%
1917 0.0527 -2.2%
1918 0.0519 -1.6%
1919 0.0514 -1.0%
1920 0.0506 -1.5%
1921 0.0499 -1.4%
1922 0.0496 -0.6%
1923 0.0489 -1.3%
1924 0.0485 -1.0%
1925 0.0477 -1.5%
1926 0.047 -1.6%
1927 0.0461 -1.9%
1928 0.0452 -2.0%
1929 0.0444 -1.7%
1930 0.0437 -1.6%
1931 0.0432 -1.1%
1932 0.0428 -1.0%
1933 0.0423 -1.0%
1934 0.0418 -1.2%
1935 0.0413 -1.2%
1936 0.0408 -1.3%
1937 0.0402 -1.5%
1938 0.0396 -1.4%
1939 0.0391 -1.3%
1940 0.0386 -1.4%
1941 0.0379 -1.6%
1942 0.0372 -1.8%
1943 0.0367 -1.5%
1944 0.0361 -1.6%
1945 0.0357 -0.9%
1946 0.0352 -1.5%
1947 0.0346 -1.8%
1948 0.0339 -1.9%
1949 0.0333 -1.7%
1950 0.0336 +0.7%
1951 0.0338 +0.6%
1952 0.0342 +1.2%
1953 0.0347 +1.4%
1954 0.0352 +1.5%
1955 0.0357 +1.4%
1956 0.0361 +1.2%
1957 0.0366 +1.4%
1958 0.0369 +0.8%
1959 0.0373 +1.0%
1960 0.0376 +0.7%
1961 0.0378 +0.5%
1962 0.0379 +0.3%
1963 0.038 +0.3%
1964 0.0381 +0.3%
1965 0.0385 +0.9%
1966 0.0387 +0.6%
1967 0.0387 +0.1%
1968 0.0387 -0.1%
1969 0.0388 +0.2%
1970 0.0387 -0.0%
1971 0.0387 -0.1%
1972 0.0387 -0.1%
1973 0.0385 -0.5%
1974 0.0383 -0.5%
1975 0.0382 -0.3%
1976 0.038 -0.5%
1977 0.0378 -0.6%
1978 0.0375 -0.7%
1979 0.0373 -0.5%
1980 0.0371 -0.6%
1981 0.0368 -0.7%
1982 0.0365 -0.9%
1983 0.036 -1.3%
1984 0.0355 -1.5%
1985 0.035 -1.6%
1986 0.0344 -1.6%
1987 0.0339 -1.5%
1988 0.0336 -1.0%
1989 0.0332 -1.0%
1990 0.0328 -1.3%
1991 0.0324 -1.1%
1992 0.0322 -0.8%
1993 0.0318 -1.0%
1994 0.0315 -1.1%
1995 0.0312 -1.0%
1996 0.0309 -0.7%
1997 0.0307 -0.7%
1998 0.0306 -0.6%
1999 0.0305 -0.3%
2000 0.0302 -0.8%
2001 0.03 -0.8%
2002 0.0297 -1.0%
2003 0.0293 -1.1%
2004 0.0291 -0.8%
2005 0.0289 -0.8%
2006 0.0287 -0.6%
2007 0.0284 -0.9%
2008 0.0284 -0.2%
2009 0.0283 -0.3%
2010 0.0281 -0.8%
2011 0.0279 -0.5%
2012 0.0278 -0.3%
2013 0.0277 -0.6%
2014 0.0275 -0.8%
2015 0.0273 -0.7%
2016 0.0271 -0.7%
2017 0.0268 -0.8%
2018 0.0266 -0.8%
2019 0.0264 -0.8%
2020 0.0263 -0.6%
2021 0.0261 -0.4%
2022 0.026 -0.5%
2023 0.0259 -0.5%
2024 0.0258 -0.4%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 0.0258 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.0936, 28% of the median. (74 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 0.0258 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0149, 1.7× the median. (38 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Share of cumulative co2 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.

YearChange FromTo
1857 +131.9% 0.0005 0.0012
1858 +127.1% 0.0012 0.0028
1866 +27.5% 0.0097 0.0124
1859 +26.9% 0.0028 0.0035
1861 +25.7% 0.0043 0.0054

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.002 0.0005 0.0035 4
1860s 0.0109 0.0043 0.0215 10
1870s 0.0281 0.0232 0.0318 10
1880s 0.0355 0.0322 0.0411 10
1890s 0.0423 0.0414 0.0434 10
1900s 0.0478 0.0442 0.0524 10
1910s 0.0541 0.0514 0.0559 10
1920s 0.0478 0.0444 0.0506 10
1930s 0.0415 0.0391 0.0437 10
1940s 0.0359 0.0333 0.0386 10
1950s 0.0354 0.0336 0.0373 10
1960s 0.0383 0.0376 0.0388 10
1970s 0.0382 0.0373 0.0387 10
1980s 0.0352 0.0332 0.0371 10
1990s 0.0315 0.0305 0.0328 10
2000s 0.0291 0.0283 0.0302 10
2010s 0.0273 0.0264 0.0281 10
2020s 0.026 0.0258 0.0263 5

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 102 Sudan 0.028 compare
  2. 103 Guatemala 0.0279 compare
  3. 104 Jamaica 0.0262 compare
  4. 106 Brunei 0.0231 compare
  5. 107 Ghana 0.0231 compare
  6. 108 Armenia 0.022 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of cumulative co2 in Uruguay?
Share of cumulative co2 in Uruguay was 0.0258 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of cumulative co2 recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.0559 in 1913.
What is the lowest share of cumulative co2 recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0005 in 1856.
How does Uruguay rank for share of cumulative co2?
Uruguay ranks 105th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is share of cumulative co2 rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of cumulative co2. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of cumulative co2
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 23,408 data points, 1750–2024
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