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

0.08 tonnes per hectare, with Canada ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Canada 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.

Canada vs Uruguay: Soybean yields

Canada

3.31 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Uruguay

3.23 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Canada rank

6th

Uruguay rank

8th

Soybean yields over time

Canada
Uruguay

How they compare

Canada currently reports 3.31 tonnes per hectare against 3.23 tonnes per hectare in Uruguay, a difference of 0.08 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 6th and Uruguay ranks 8th of 106 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Canada	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1960s	1.93 tonnes per hectare	1 tonnes per hectare	0.9295 tonnes per hectare	Canada
1970s	2.07 tonnes per hectare	1.13 tonnes per hectare	0.9449 tonnes per hectare	Canada
1980s	2.34 tonnes per hectare	1.4 tonnes per hectare	0.9416 tonnes per hectare	Canada
1990s	2.62 tonnes per hectare	1.8 tonnes per hectare	0.8136 tonnes per hectare	Canada
2000s	2.43 tonnes per hectare	1.93 tonnes per hectare	0.5044 tonnes per hectare	Canada
2010s	2.85 tonnes per hectare	2.27 tonnes per hectare	0.5805 tonnes per hectare	Canada
2020s	3.12 tonnes per hectare	2.14 tonnes per hectare	0.9743 tonnes per hectare	Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soybean yields, Canada or Uruguay?: Canada, at 3.31 tonnes per hectare against 3.23 tonnes per hectare in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in soybean yields between Canada and Uruguay?: 0.08 tonnes per hectare, with Canada ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Uruguay?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Canada and Uruguay rank globally for soybean yields?: Canada ranks 6th 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.