CO₂ emissions per capita: Uruguay
2.35437 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 169 years from 1856 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.35437 |
| 2023 | 2.2511077 |
| 2022 | 2.212046 |
| 2021 | 2.3049502 |
| 2020 | 1.9055269 |
| 2019 | 1.886396 |
| 2018 | 1.9355792 |
| 2017 | 1.8152955 |
| 2016 | 1.9295201 |
| 2015 | 2.00062 |
| 2014 | 1.9913993 |
| 2013 | 2.2392287 |
| 2012 | 2.579765 |
| 2011 | 2.3104563 |
| 2010 | 1.9049841 |
| 2009 | 2.4139204 |
| 2008 | 2.4885283 |
| 2007 | 1.8086414 |
| 2006 | 2.0097208 |
| 2005 | 1.7460424 |
| 2004 | 1.6977994 |
| 2003 | 1.3827674 |
| 2002 | 1.3935276 |
| 2001 | 1.5394372 |
| 2000 | 1.6156275 |
| 1999 | 2.0557003 |
| 1998 | 1.744519 |
| 1997 | 1.713255 |
| 1996 | 1.688415 |
| 1995 | 1.4313698 |
| 1994 | 1.273532 |
| 1993 | 1.4089279 |
| 1992 | 1.6406964 |
| 1991 | 1.4529575 |
| 1990 | 1.2810268 |
| 1989 | 1.5755621 |
| 1988 | 1.562324 |
| 1987 | 1.1635488 |
| 1986 | 1.0451078 |
| 1985 | 1.089755 |
| 1984 | 1.1463606 |
| 1983 | 1.2739824 |
| 1982 | 1.6332476 |
| 1981 | 1.8093722 |
| 1980 | 1.9728096 |
| 1979 | 2.1313028 |
| 1978 | 1.9591556 |
| 1977 | 1.93897 |
| 1976 | 2.0363686 |
| 1975 | 2.07581 |
| 1974 | 1.9891753 |
| 1973 | 2.0332844 |
| 1972 | 2.1510038 |
| 1971 | 2.0673482 |
| 1970 | 2.0552459 |
| 1969 | 2.0149326 |
| 1968 | 1.7709864 |
| 1967 | 1.7855961 |
| 1966 | 1.9939151 |
| 1965 | 2.0574174 |
| 1964 | 1.7159463 |
| 1963 | 1.6445149 |
| 1962 | 1.5451014 |
| 1961 | 1.606825 |
| 1960 | 1.7053713 |
| 1959 | 1.7571121 |
| 1958 | 1.6142712 |
| 1957 | 1.8231846 |
| 1956 | 1.676849 |
| 1955 | 1.655831 |
| 1954 | 1.5987551 |
| 1953 | 1.5187095 |
| 1952 | 1.3824348 |
| 1951 | 1.162111 |
| 1950 | 1.1225457 |
| 1949 | 0.20813474 |
| 1948 | 0.21058448 |
| 1947 | 0.1987385 |
| 1946 | 0.24230313 |
| 1945 | 0.4054391 |
| 1944 | 0.33693668 |
| 1943 | 0.38964754 |
| 1942 | 0.27188972 |
| 1941 | 0.38090274 |
| 1940 | 0.47204006 |
| 1939 | 0.42932752 |
| 1938 | 0.37423912 |
| 1937 | 0.41347027 |
| 1936 | 0.47124514 |
| 1935 | 0.4459939 |
| 1934 | 0.40272504 |
| 1933 | 0.43599072 |
| 1932 | 0.40602136 |
| 1931 | 0.4840458 |
| 1930 | 0.42125136 |
| 1929 | 0.51406723 |
| 1928 | 0.37319112 |
| 1927 | 0.46294287 |
| 1926 | 0.5205684 |
| 1925 | 0.5803909 |
| 1924 | 0.8233264 |
| 1923 | 0.7536338 |
| 1922 | 0.89046466 |
| 1921 | 0.5764099 |
| 1920 | 0.7178074 |
| 1919 | 0.7784653 |
| 1918 | 0.77387124 |
| 1917 | 0.60785747 |
| 1916 | 0.6505547 |
| 1915 | 1.0047574 |
| 1914 | 1.3674153 |
| 1913 | 1.8008801 |
| 1912 | 2.035517 |
| 1911 | 2.2225256 |
| 1910 | 2.3585098 |
| 1909 | 2.2919528 |
| 1908 | 2.3855708 |
| 1907 | 2.096743 |
| 1906 | 1.6343172 |
| 1905 | 0.91532964 |
| 1904 | 1.0576613 |
| 1903 | 1.5528029 |
| 1902 | 1.814717 |
| 1901 | 1.3170007 |
| 1900 | 1.3240775 |
| 1899 | 1.0544643 |
| 1898 | 1.0732359 |
| 1897 | 0.7284234 |
| 1896 | 0.9541838 |
| 1895 | 0.94200855 |
| 1894 | 0.98909473 |
| 1893 | 0.79047334 |
| 1892 | 0.67675483 |
| 1891 | 0.8240151 |
| 1890 | 1.0233682 |
| 1889 | 1.8483846 |
| 1888 | 1.1671616 |
| 1887 | 1.0569146 |
| 1886 | 0.76328385 |
| 1885 | 1.1497107 |
| 1884 | 1.0008689 |
| 1883 | 0.8411719 |
| 1882 | 0.6831669 |
| 1881 | 0.8740264 |
| 1880 | 0.7581575 |
| 1879 | 0.6661673 |
| 1878 | 0.7658128 |
| 1877 | 0.84949297 |
| 1876 | 0.75015694 |
| 1875 | 0.75627285 |
| 1874 | 1.1884905 |
| 1873 | 0.70031166 |
| 1872 | 0.9167037 |
| 1871 | 0.7008927 |
| 1870 | 0.9274568 |
| 1869 | 1.3072243 |
| 1868 | 1.4758418 |
| 1867 | 1.053485 |
| 1866 | 1.0476311 |
| 1865 | 0.5975316 |
| 1864 | 0.4041203 |
| 1863 | 0.4961864 |
| 1862 | 0.34550622 |
| 1861 | 0.43185684 |
| 1860 | 0.3061503 |
| 1859 | 0.29025432 |
| 1858 | 0.5412222 |
| 1857 | 0.24446662 |
| 1856 | 0.18094446 |