Waste — Emissions in Uruguay

Uruguay: Waste — Emissions was 0.206 kt in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.206 kt
Change on year
up 2.0%
World rank
144th
of 218 countries
All-time high
0.206 kt
in 2023
All-time low
0.116 kt
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Waste — Emissions in Uruguay, 1961–2023

00.050.10.150.2196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.206 kt for waste — emissions in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, waste — emissions in Uruguay peaked at 0.206 kt in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.116 kt, in 1961.

That places Uruguay 144th out of 218 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 0.1402 kt 0.116 kt 0.165 kt 9
1970s 0.1569 kt 0.149 kt 0.169 kt 10
1980s 0.1551 kt 0.151 kt 0.161 kt 10
1990s 0.1791 kt 0.162 kt 0.193 kt 10
2000s 0.1779 kt 0.167 kt 0.186 kt 10
2010s 0.187 kt 0.183 kt 0.193 kt 10
2020s 0.201 kt 0.197 kt 0.206 kt 4

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 141 Congo 0.208 kt compare
  2. 141 Eritrea 0.208 kt compare
  3. 141 Georgia 0.208 kt compare
  4. 145 Latvia 0.205 kt compare
  5. 146 Armenia 0.201 kt compare
  6. 147 Mongolia 0.198 kt compare

See the full ranking of 253 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is waste — emissions in Uruguay?
Waste — emissions in Uruguay was 0.206 kt in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest waste — emissions recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.206 kt in 2023.
What is the lowest waste — emissions recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.116 kt in 1961.
How does Uruguay rank for waste — emissions?
Uruguay ranks 144th out of 218 countries with data for 2023.
Is waste — emissions rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Waste — Emissions (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (N2O)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
253 places, 14,574 data points, 1961–2023
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The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf