Lemons and limes — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Lemons and limes — Yield was 23,093 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lemons and limes — Yield in Uruguay, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 23,093 kg/ha for lemons and limes — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons and limes — yield in Uruguay peaked at 29,073 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 5,800 kg/ha, in 1999.
That places Uruguay 13th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lemons and limes — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 8,889 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 9,400 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 10,430 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1988 | 9,348 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1989 | 8,558 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1990 | 9,625 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 7,442 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1992 | 9,250 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1993 | 7,374 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1994 | 7,266 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 7,190 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 7,063 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 6,375 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1998 | 7,029 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 5,800 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2000 | 6,454 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 6,406 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 7,004 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2003 | 7,340 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 6,694 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2005 | 8,846 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2006 | 23,346 kg/ha | +163.9% |
| 2007 | 18,769 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2008 | 18,126 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 25,070 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 2010 | 19,460 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2011 | 21,515 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 29,073 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 2013 | 18,530 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 2014 | 23,004 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 2015 | 24,036 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2016 | 22,516 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 20,274 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2018 | 16,845 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2019 | 18,366 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 18,683 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 28,082 kg/ha | +50.3% |
| 2022 | 27,696 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 23,885 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2024 | 23,093 kg/ha | -3.3% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 23,093 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 17,480 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 23,093 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,230 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lemons and limes — Yield in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +163.9% | 8,846 kg/ha | 23,346 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,325 kg/ha | 8,558 kg/ha | 10,430 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,441 kg/ha | 5,800 kg/ha | 9,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,806 kg/ha | 6,406 kg/ha | 25,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,362 kg/ha | 16,845 kg/ha | 29,073 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,288 kg/ha | 18,683 kg/ha | 28,082 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 10 Palestine 26,298 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 5,843 kg/ha compare
- 11 Brazil 25,176 kg/ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 5,280 kg/ha compare
- 12 Australia 23,168 kg/ha compare
- 14 China, mainland 22,863 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 1,991 kg/ha compare
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 22,854 kg/ha compare
- 16 Guatemala 22,798 kg/ha compare
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 lemons and limes — yield in Uruguay?
- Lemons and limes — yield in Uruguay was 23,093 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 29,073 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest lemons and limes — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,800 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Uruguay rank for lemons and limes — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 13th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lemons and limes — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. 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 Lemons and limes — 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.