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Uruguay
RegionLatin America & Caribbean
GDP75.06[PPP 2011$ billions]
GDP per capita21608.43[$]
Population3.47[millions]
Land Area177960.79[sq. km]

Country Scorecard

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Component Rank EPI Score 10-Year Change
EPI 113 37.40 3.30
Ecosystem Vitality 166 25.80 7.30
Biodiversity 162 17.80 3.70
Terrestrial biomes (natl) 156 20.50 4.60
Terrestrial biomes (global) 157 20.60 4.50
Marine protected areas 80 3.30 2.20
Protected Areas Rep. Ind. 153 10.60 8.60
Biodiversity Habitat Index 175 29.00 NA
Species Protection Index 137 24.00 6.20
Species Habitat Index 126 72.40 -19.90
Ecosystem Services 150 15.70 1.20
Tree cover loss 137 6.20 0.80
Grassland loss 65 51.00 -8.60
Wetland loss 104 37.30 13.10
Fisheries 134 5.70 -4.60
Fish Stock Status 101 8.10 -12.80
Marine Trophic Index 123 5.50 NA
Fish caught by trawling 89 2.90 -0.10
Acidification 67 79.70 57.00
SO2 growth rate 1 100.00 86.80
NOx growth rate 110 59.40 27.20
Agriculture 4 70.70 5.70
Pesticide 14 70.00 NA
N Mgmt Index 7 71.40 11.50
Water Resources 114 2.10 NA
Wastewater treatment 114 2.10 NA
Health 33 62.70 4.30
Air Quality 29 63.60 3.90
PM2.5 21 66.10 2.80
Household solid fuels 56 64.20 7.80
Ozone 49 59.50 -3.80
NOx 52 39.20 -2.70
SO2 47 68.30 1.60
CO 25 79.40 -4.30
VOC 82 36.40 -5.20
Sanitation Drinking Water 35 70.80 5.90
Sanitation 29 84.50 9.70
Drinking water 38 61.80 3.50
Heavy Metals 56 61.50 5.10
Lead 56 61.50 5.10
Waste Management 77 38.50 2.10
Solid waste 87 40.80 NA
Recycling 46 24.80 NA
Ocean Plastics 35 47.60 8.50
Climate Policy 102 37.00 -1.70
Climate Change 102 37.00 -1.70
CO2 growth rate 74 42.20 -3.30
CH4 growth rate 110 36.60 1.80
F-gas growth rate 120 NA -6.60
N2O growth rate 41 77.90 27.20
Black Carbon growth rate 112 58.00 -40.90
Proj. GHG Emissions 91 35.00 1.70
CO2 from land cover 136 15.60 -17.80
GHG intensity trend 117 42.70 8.30
GHG per capita 154 20.00 -0.70

Peer Comparisons

EPI Scores for this country and peers based on similar characteristics

Environmental Protection Index
Nicaragua 37.7
Niger 37.7
Russia 37.5
Uruguay 37.4
Maldives 37.4
Micronesia 37.4
South Africa 37.2
Tajikistan 37.1
Turkmenistan 37
Dem. Rep. Congo 36.9
GDP per capita
Seychelles 55.6
Bulgaria 51.9
Belarus 48.5
Trinidad and Tobago 47.8
Chile 46.7
Costa Rica 46.3
Mauritius 44.8
Argentina 41.1
Guyana 38.5
Uruguay 37.4
Issue Performance
Serbia 43.9
Jordan 43.6
Argentina 41.1
Kazakhstan 40.9
Paraguay 40.9
Russia 37.5
Uruguay 37.4
Malaysia 35
Algeria 29.6
Turkey 26.3
Government Effectiveness
Latvia 61.1
Czech Republic 59.9
Cyprus 58
Spain 56.6
Hungary 55.1
Mauritius 44.8
Georgia 39.1
Uruguay 37.4
Qatar 33
China 28.4
Regulatory Quality
Italy 57.7
Greece 56.2
Hungary 55.1
North Macedonia 54.3
Barbados 53.2
Antigua and Barbuda 52.4
Bulgaria 51.9
Bahrain 42
Peru 39.8
Uruguay 37.4
Voice and Accountability
United Kingdom 77.7
Austria 66.5
Iceland 62.8
Germany 62.4
Estonia 61.4
Australia 60.1
Belgium 58.2
Ireland 57.4
Portugal 50.4
Uruguay 37.4
Rule of Law
Slovakia 60
Cyprus 58
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.2
Dominica 51.2
Saint Lucia 49.4
Costa Rica 46.3
Bhutan 42.5
Uruguay 37.4
Malaysia 35
Oman 30.7
Control of Corruption
Austria 66.5
Estonia 61.4
Belgium 58.2
Ireland 57.4
Japan 57.2
Seychelles 55.6
Barbados 53.2
Canada 50
Brunei Darussalam 45.7
Uruguay 37.4
Political Stability / Absence of Violence
Sweden 72.7
Japan 57.2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 53.2
Portugal 50.4
Kiribati 49
Grenada 47.9
Tonga 43.8
Bhutan 42.5
Uruguay 37.4
Micronesia 37.4
Latin America & Caribbean
Dominican Republic 42.2
Argentina 41.1
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Peru 39.8
Guyana 38.5
Nicaragua 37.7
Uruguay 37.4
Honduras 36.5
Org. of Ibero-American States
Colombia 42.4
Dominican Republic 42.2
Argentina 41.1
Paraguay 40.9
El Salvador 40.8
Bolivia 40.1
Peru 39.8
Nicaragua 37.7
Uruguay 37.4
Honduras 36.5
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EPI Report Year: 
2022
EPI ISO3: 
URY