Uruguay Energy - 2024

Electricity access

electrification - total population: 100% (2021)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 5.348 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 11,461,960,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 1.148 billion kWh (2020 est.)

imports: 515 million kWh (2020 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 1,329,700,000 kWh (2019 est.)

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 3.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 42.2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 30.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 21.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 400 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 50,200 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 41,500 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 0 barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

42,220 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

0 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

9,591 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

consumption: 96.872 million cubic meters (2019 est.)

exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

imports: 96.872 million cubic meters (2019 est.)

proven reserves: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

6.45 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 0 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 6.259 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 190,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

66.909 million Btu/person (2019 est.)