Eggs per bird in Uruguay
Uruguay: Eggs per bird was 19.89 kilograms per animal in 2024. ▲ Rising
Eggs per bird in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms per animal.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 19.89 kilograms per animal for eggs per bird in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, eggs per bird in Uruguay peaked at 21.17 kilograms per animal in 2019 and was at its lowest, 6.8 kilograms per animal, in 1967.
That places Uruguay 8th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.84 kilograms per animal | 6.8 kilograms per animal | 7 kilograms per animal | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.01 kilograms per animal | 6.91 kilograms per animal | 7.06 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.15 kilograms per animal | 6.95 kilograms per animal | 7.98 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.04 kilograms per animal | 6.92 kilograms per animal | 9.25 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.22 kilograms per animal | 9.05 kilograms per animal | 9.29 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.97 kilograms per animal | 8.1 kilograms per animal | 21.17 kilograms per animal | 10 |
| 2020s | 19.64 kilograms per animal | 18.23 kilograms per animal | 20.73 kilograms per animal | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Rural population 147,108 (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 4.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 813,974 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is eggs per bird in Uruguay?
- Eggs per bird in Uruguay was 19.89 kilograms per animal in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest eggs per bird recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 21.17 kilograms per animal in 2019.
- What is the lowest eggs per bird recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.8 kilograms per animal in 1967.
- How does Uruguay rank for eggs per bird?
- Uruguay ranks 8th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is eggs per bird rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Eggs per bird. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual egg yield per bird, measured in kilograms per animal.