Egypt vs Uruguay: Rice yields
Egypt
9.13 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Uruguay
9.35 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Egypt rank
4th
Uruguay rank
3rd
Rice yields over time
- Egypt
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 9.35 tonnes per hectare against 9.13 tonnes per hectare in Egypt, a difference of 0.22 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 4th and Uruguay ranks 3rd of 123 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.16 tonnes per hectare | 3.29 tonnes per hectare | 1.87 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1970s | 5.33 tonnes per hectare | 3.97 tonnes per hectare | 1.37 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1980s | 5.83 tonnes per hectare | 4.88 tonnes per hectare | 0.9499 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 1990s | 8.04 tonnes per hectare | 5.41 tonnes per hectare | 2.63 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2000s | 9.65 tonnes per hectare | 6.93 tonnes per hectare | 2.72 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2010s | 9.28 tonnes per hectare | 8.06 tonnes per hectare | 1.23 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
| 2020s | 9.19 tonnes per hectare | 9.18 tonnes per hectare | 0.0105 tonnes per hectare | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rice yields, Egypt or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 9.35 tonnes per hectare against 9.13 tonnes per hectare in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rice yields between Egypt and Uruguay?
- 0.22 tonnes per hectare, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Uruguay?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Uruguay rank globally for rice yields?
- Egypt ranks 4th and Uruguay ranks 3rd of 123 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Rice yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.