Uruguay
URYWind overtook hydro on Uruguay's grid in 2023.
Today wind supplies 41% and hydro 27%.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Among the cleanest electricity anywhere.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Uruguay buys in more electricity than it sends out.
What this means
The share of the electricity used here that was generated abroad and carried in over high-voltage lines. The higher it climbs, the more this country relies on a neighbour to keep its lights on.
Also true of Uruguay
Uruguay is third in the world for wind.
Wind supplies 41% of its electricity.
Wind overtook bioenergy on Uruguay's grid in 2016.
Today wind supplies 41% and bioenergy 25%.
Uruguay is second in Latin America and the Caribbean for bioenergy.
Bioenergy supplies 25% of its electricity.
Uruguay’s neighbours
ArgentinaArgentina is first in Latin America and the Caribbean for nuclear.
BrazilBrazil is first in Latin America and the Caribbean for how much electricity it makes.
ParaguayParaguay runs almost entirely on hydro.
BoliviaBolivia is second in Latin America and the Caribbean for gas.
ChileSolar overtook hydro on Chile's grid in 2025.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Uruguay. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.