Electricity demand per person in Uruguay
Uruguay: Electricity demand per person was 4,358 kilowatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Electricity demand per person in Uruguay, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilowatt-hours.
Analysis
In 2025, electricity demand per person in Uruguay stood at 4,358 kilowatt-hours. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity demand per person in Uruguay peaked at 4,358 kilowatt-hours in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,400 kilowatt-hours, in 2002.
That places Uruguay 77th out of 214 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,604 kilowatt-hours | 2,400 kilowatt-hours | 2,991 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,582 kilowatt-hours | 3,140 kilowatt-hours | 3,956 kilowatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,074 kilowatt-hours | 3,807 kilowatt-hours | 4,358 kilowatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More energy & mining data for Uruguay
- Fuel imports 14.2% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 1.4% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 0.3% (2024)
- Gas production 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel exports 1.3% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 9.7% (2023)
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita 54.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity demand per person in Uruguay?
- Electricity demand per person in Uruguay was 4,358 kilowatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity demand per person recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4,358 kilowatt-hours in 2025.
- What is the lowest electricity demand per person recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,400 kilowatt-hours in 2002.
- How does Uruguay rank for electricity demand per person?
- Uruguay ranks 77th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity demand per person rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity demand per person. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.