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Uruguay

Location

  • Geographical region: Latin America and the Caribbean, Americas
  • SDG region: SDG Latin America and the Caribbean

Land

  • Total area: --- km2
  • Land area: 175,020 km(2020)
  • Land use by sector: 80% agriculture, 12% forest and 8% other (2018 - 2020)

People

  • Total population: 3,422,794 people (2022)
  • Population density: 20 people per km2 (2020)  
  • Urbanisation: 97% lives in urban areas and 5% lives in rural areas (2020)  

Economy

  • Total GDP: 75,061,787,660 USD per year (2020)
  • GDP per capita: 21,930 USD per year (2020)
  • Value added by sector: 7% from agriculture, 63% from services and 18% from industry (2020 - 2022)
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SDG 6 snapshot in Uruguay

  • Drinking water

    --- % of the population in Uruguay uses a safely managed drinking water service (SDG indicator 6.1.1, 2022)
  • Sanitation

    --- % of the population in Uruguay uses a safely managed sanitation service (SDG indicator 6.2.1a, 2022)
  • Hygiene

    --- % of the population in Uruguay has a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home (SDG indicator 6.2.1b, 2022)
  • Wastewater

    --- % of domestic wastewater in Uruguay is safely treated (SDG indicator 6.3.1, 2022)
  • Water quality

    82 % of monitored water bodies in Uruguay has good ambient water quality (SDG indicator 6.3.2, 2023)
  • Efficiency

    13 $/m<sup>3</sup> is the value added from the use of water by people and the economy in Uruguay (SDG indicator 6.4.1, 2021)
  • Water stress

    10 % of the renewable water resources in Uruguay is being withdrawn, after taking into account environmental flow requirements (SDG indicator 6.4.2, 2021)
  • Water management

    36 % is the degree of implementation of integrated water resources management in Uruguay (SDG indicator 6.5.1, 2023) 
  • Transboundary

    55 % of transboundary basin area has an operational arrangement for water cooperation (SDG indicator 6.5.2, 2023)
  • Ecosystems

    37 % of the water basins in Uruguay is experiencing rapid changes in the area covered by surface waters (SDG 6 indicator 6.6.1, 2020)
  • Cooperation

    n/a is the amount of water- and sanitation-related official development assistance received by Uruguay in 2017 (SDG indicator 6.a.1)
  • Participation

    + is the number of sub-sectors (out of 6) with a high level of participation by communities in Uruguay (SDG indicator 6.b.1, 2021)

Drinking water

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Uruguay, progress over time

6.1.1 Proportion of population using safely managed drinking water services in Uruguay, by service level and location (2022)

Sanitation and hygiene

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Uruguay, progress over time

6.2.1a Proportion of population using safely managed sanitation services in Uruguay, by service level and location (2022)

6.2.1b Proportion of population with a handwashing facility with soap and water available at home in Uruguay, by service level and location (2022)

Water quality and wastewater

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated > Domestic in Uruguay (2022), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.3.1 Proportion of wastewater flow (safely) treated in Uruguay, by source (2022)

6.3.2 Level 1 Proportion of bodies of water with good ambient water quality in Uruguay (2023), compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water use and scarcity

Water resources and withdrawal in Uruguay, total and per capita

Long-term average annual precipitation in depth: 1,300 (mm/year) (2020)

Renewable water resources: 49,812 m3 per capita (2017)

Water withdrawal: 1,100 m3 per capita (2000)

Environmental flow requirements: % of the renewable water resources ()

6.4.2 Level of water stress: freshwater withdrawal as a proportion of available freshwater resources in Uruguay, change over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Uruguay, by sector (2020)

Water-use efficiency for ‘Agriculture, forestry and fishing’ only takes into account the proportion of gross value added that comes from irrigated agriculture, since that activity is associated with water withdrawal (other activities are rain-fed).

6.4.1 Change in water-use efficiency over time in Uruguay, progress over time, compared to other countries (and areas) in the region

Water resources management

6.5.1 Degree of integrated water resources management implementation (0-100) in Uruguay, progress over time, by dimension

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

6.5.2 Proportion of transboundary basin area with an operational arrangement for water cooperation in Uruguay, progress over time, by component

Very low (0-10) – Low (11-30) – Medium-low (31-50) – Medium-high (51-70) – High (71-90) – Very high (91-100)

International cooperation and capacity-building

Annual expenditure for drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in Uruguay, by funding source

Community participation

6.b.1 Procedures in law or policy for participation by users/communities and level of participation in Uruguay (2017-2021)

6.b.1 Level of participation by users/communities in Uruguay, progress over time, by sub-sector