Document And Entity Information - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Jul. 31, 2022	Sep. 27, 2022	Jan. 31, 2022
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Central Index Key	0001334933
Entity Registrant Name	URANIUM ENERGY CORP
Amendment Flag	true
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--07-31
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2022
Document Type	10-K/A
Document Annual Report	true
Document Period End Date	Jul. 31, 2022
Document Transition Report	false
Entity File Number	001-33706
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	NV
Entity Tax Identification Number	98-0399476
Entity Address, Address Line One	1830 – 1030 West Georgia Street
Entity Address, City or Town	Vancouver
Entity Address, State or Province	BC
Entity Address, Country	CA
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code	V6E 2Y3
City Area Code	361
Local Phone Number	888-8235
Title of 12(b) Security	Common Stock
Trading Symbol	UEC
Security Exchange Name	NYSEAMER
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	false
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
ICFR Auditor Attestation Flag	true
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Public Float			$ 725,158,707
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		345,766,062
Amendment Description	Uranium Energy Corp. (the “Company”) is filing this Form 10-K/A (Amendment No. 1) (the “Form 10-K/A”) to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2022, as originally filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 29, 2022 (the “Original Report”), to amend the disclosure contained in Items 2, 9 and 15 of the Original Report pursuant to correspondence with the staff (the “Staff”) of the SEC in connection with the Staff’s review of the Original Report, including the Staff’s review of new property disclosure requirements for registrants engaged in mining operations recently implemented by the SEC and reflected in the Original Report for the first time.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2022 as included after Item 16 of the Original Report have not been restated and no disclosures contained in the accompanying notes have been added to or amended in any manner.   For the convenience of the reader, this Form 10-K/A sets forth the Company’s Annual Report in its entirety, and not just those portions that have been amended since the filing of the Original Report.  Other than the amendments to the Items noted above, none of the disclosure contained in any other Item of the Original Report has been amended, updated or otherwise revised.  Furthermore, none of the Items, including the amendments as noted above, have been amended, updated or otherwise revised to reflect material subsequent events occurring after the filing date of the Original Report on September 29, 2022.  Such subsequent matters are or will be addressed in subsequent reports filed by the Company with the SEC.   Item 15 of the Original Report has been amended to contain: (i) currently dated certifications from the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer), as required by Securities Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) and 13a-14(b), attached as Exhibits 31.1, 31.2 and 32.1 to this Form 10-K/A; (ii) a currently dated consent of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, attached as Exhibit 23.1 to this Form 10-K/A; (iii) currently dated consents of each of the qualified person authors to each of the Technical Report Summaries filed with or incorporated by reference in this Form 10-K/A, attached as Exhibits, 23.2, 23.3. 23.4. 23.5. 23.6 and 23.7 to this Form 10-K/A; and (iv) and each of the following and updated Technical Report Summaries in accordance with Subpart 1300 of Regulation S-K: (a) Anderson Uranium Project Initial Assessment US SEC Subpart 1300 Regulation S-K Report, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA, dated March 9, 2023; (b) Yuty Uranium Project Initial Assessment US SEC Subpart 1300 Regulation S-K Report Paraguay, SA, dated March 9, 2023; (c) Amended S-K 1300 Mineral Resource Report Texas Hub and Spoke ISR Project, TX USA, dated March 9, 2023; and (c) Amended S-K 1300 Mineral Resource Report Wyoming ISR Hub and Spoke Project, WY USA, dated March 9, 2023; attached as Exhibits 96.3, 96.4, 96.5 and 96.6 to this Form 10-K/A.
Auditor Firm ID	271
Auditor Name	PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Auditor Location	Vancouver, Canada