What is the difference in soybean yields between Brazil and Uruguay?

0.08 tonnes per hectare, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Uruguay?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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 Soybean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Uruguay: Soybean yields

Brazil

3.15 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Uruguay

3.23 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Brazil rank

9th

Uruguay rank

8th

Soybean yields over time

Brazil
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 3.23 tonnes per hectare against 3.15 tonnes per hectare in Brazil, a difference of 0.08 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 9th and Uruguay ranks 8th of 106 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.08 tonnes per hectare	1 tonnes per hectare	0.0768 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
1970s	1.44 tonnes per hectare	1.13 tonnes per hectare	0.3142 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
1980s	1.73 tonnes per hectare	1.4 tonnes per hectare	0.3264 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
1990s	2.11 tonnes per hectare	1.8 tonnes per hectare	0.3033 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
2000s	2.57 tonnes per hectare	1.93 tonnes per hectare	0.6368 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
2010s	3.04 tonnes per hectare	2.27 tonnes per hectare	0.7712 tonnes per hectare	Brazil
2020s	3.25 tonnes per hectare	2.14 tonnes per hectare	1.11 tonnes per hectare	Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soybean yields, Brazil or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 3.23 tonnes per hectare against 3.15 tonnes per hectare in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in soybean yields between Brazil and Uruguay?: 0.08 tonnes per hectare, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Uruguay?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Uruguay rank globally for soybean yields?: Brazil ranks 9th and Uruguay ranks 8th of 106 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 Soybean yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Soybean yields
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 106 places, 4,851 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.