Kenya vs Uruguay: Electricity generation from solar
Kenya
0.65 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Uruguay
0.61 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Kenya rank
78th
Uruguay rank
79th
Electricity generation from solar over time
- Kenya
- Uruguay
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 0.65 terawatt-hours against 0.61 terawatt-hours in Uruguay, a difference of 0.04 terawatt-hours.
That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Uruguay ahead.
Kenya ranks 78th and Uruguay ranks 79th of 214 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2010s | 0.046 terawatt-hours | 0.13 terawatt-hours | 0.084 terawatt-hours | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.4283 terawatt-hours | 0.5167 terawatt-hours | 0.0883 terawatt-hours | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electricity generation from solar, Kenya or Uruguay?
- Kenya, at 0.65 terawatt-hours against 0.61 terawatt-hours in Uruguay as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electricity generation from solar between Kenya and Uruguay?
- 0.04 terawatt-hours, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Uruguay?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Kenya and Uruguay rank globally for electricity generation from solar?
- Kenya ranks 78th and Uruguay ranks 79th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Ember (2026); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Pinto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Electricity generation from solar. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.