Waste — Emissions Share in Uruguay
Uruguay: Waste — Emissions Share was 0.74 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Waste — Emissions Share in Uruguay, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.74 % for waste — emissions share in 2023.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, waste — emissions share in Uruguay peaked at 0.83 % in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0.64 %, in 2006.
That places Uruguay 203rd out of 208 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.748 % | 0.71 % | 0.83 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.717 % | 0.64 % | 0.82 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.693 % | 0.67 % | 0.73 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7175 % | 0.69 % | 0.74 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 201 Zambia 0.9 % compare
- 202 South Sudan 0.78 % compare
- 203 Chad 0.74 % compare
- 205 Brunei Darussalam 0.61 % compare
- 206 Botswana 0.43 % compare
More climate change data for Uruguay
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 30,988 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO 6,806 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO 24,182 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 25.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 863.65 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 3,857 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 2,098 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 1,759 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 7.92 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 62.82 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is waste — emissions share in Uruguay?
- Waste — emissions share in Uruguay was 0.74 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest waste — emissions share recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.83 % in 1999.
- What is the lowest waste — emissions share recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.64 % in 2006.
- How does Uruguay rank for waste — emissions share?
- Uruguay ranks 203rd out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
- Is waste — emissions share rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Share (N2O). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.