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

0.02 tonnes per hectare, with Germany ahead.

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

33 years are reported by both, from 1989 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.

Germany vs Uruguay: Soybean yields

Germany

3.25 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Uruguay

3.23 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Germany rank

7th

Uruguay rank

8th

Soybean yields over time

Germany
Uruguay

How they compare

Germany currently reports 3.25 tonnes per hectare against 3.23 tonnes per hectare in Uruguay, a difference of 0.02 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 7th and Uruguay ranks 8th of 106 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 4 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Germany	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.47 tonnes per hectare	0.7 tonnes per hectare	1.77 tonnes per hectare	Germany
1990s	2.22 tonnes per hectare	1.8 tonnes per hectare	0.418 tonnes per hectare	Germany
2000s	1.36 tonnes per hectare	1.91 tonnes per hectare	0.5565 tonnes per hectare	Uruguay
2010s	2.33 tonnes per hectare	2.27 tonnes per hectare	0.0582 tonnes per hectare	Germany
2020s	2.85 tonnes per hectare	2.14 tonnes per hectare	0.7101 tonnes per hectare	Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher soybean yields, Germany or Uruguay?: Germany, at 3.25 tonnes per hectare against 3.23 tonnes per hectare in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in soybean yields between Germany and Uruguay?: 0.02 tonnes per hectare, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Uruguay?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Germany and Uruguay rank globally for soybean yields?: Germany ranks 7th 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.