Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Uruguay
Uruguay: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 99.9% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Uruguay, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Uruguay stood at 99.9%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Uruguay peaked at 99.9% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 99.8%, in 2013.
That places Uruguay 11th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top 10%.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 99.8% | — |
| 2010 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99.8% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.9% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 99.8% | 99.8% | 99.9% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More private sector data for Uruguay
- Merchandise trade 28.3% (2025)
- Food imports 14.1% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 69.6% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 12.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 65.3% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 18.9% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 11.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 3,318 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 9.53 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Uruguay?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Uruguay was 99.9% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 99.9% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.8% in 2013.
- How does Uruguay rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Uruguay ranks 11th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.