Barley — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Barley — Yield was 3,984 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Uruguay is 3,984 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.3% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Uruguay peaked at 4,791 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 390.9 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Uruguay 33rd out of 104 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 612.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 872.4 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1963 | 390.9 kg/ha | -55.2% |
| 1964 | 1,018 kg/ha | +160.4% |
| 1965 | 983.5 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 653.4 kg/ha | -33.6% |
| 1967 | 453.7 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 1968 | 1,215 kg/ha | +167.8% |
| 1969 | 1,094 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1970 | 1,097 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 610.5 kg/ha | -44.4% |
| 1972 | 924.3 kg/ha | +51.4% |
| 1973 | 907.3 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 1,265 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1975 | 754.6 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 1976 | 1,224 kg/ha | +62.2% |
| 1977 | 881.5 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1978 | 1,008 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1979 | 1,591 kg/ha | +57.8% |
| 1980 | 1,523 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | 1,362 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1982 | 1,741 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1983 | 1,599 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 1,676 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 1,239 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1986 | 1,235 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 2,014 kg/ha | +63.1% |
| 1988 | 2,466 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1989 | 2,235 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 1,880 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1991 | 1,680 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1992 | 2,466 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 1993 | 1,466 kg/ha | -40.6% |
| 1994 | 2,425 kg/ha | +65.5% |
| 1995 | 2,513 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 2,331 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 1,670 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1998 | 2,692 kg/ha | +61.2% |
| 1999 | 2,022 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2000 | 2,414 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2001 | 912.4 kg/ha | -62.2% |
| 2002 | 2,114 kg/ha | +131.7% |
| 2003 | 2,750 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2004 | 2,976 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 3,102 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 3,389 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2007 | 2,245 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 2008 | 3,152 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 2009 | 3,301 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 3,011 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 3,125 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 1,876 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 2013 | 2,013 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2014 | 3,510 kg/ha | +74.4% |
| 2015 | 2,444 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 2016 | 3,827 kg/ha | +56.6% |
| 2017 | 3,568 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2018 | 2,516 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 2019 | 3,812 kg/ha | +51.5% |
| 2020 | 3,679 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 4,791 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2022 | 4,102 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2023 | 4,252 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 3,984 kg/ha | -6.3% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 3,984 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 3,984 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,789 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 810.33 kg/ha | 390.9 kg/ha | 1,215 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,026 kg/ha | 610.5 kg/ha | 1,591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,709 kg/ha | 1,235 kg/ha | 2,466 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,115 kg/ha | 1,466 kg/ha | 2,692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,636 kg/ha | 912.4 kg/ha | 3,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,970 kg/ha | 1,876 kg/ha | 3,827 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,162 kg/ha | 3,679 kg/ha | 4,791 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0638 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,609 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0435 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Uruguay?
- Barley — yield in Uruguay was 3,984 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4,791 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 390.9 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Uruguay rank for barley — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 33rd out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.