Maize (corn) — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Maize (corn) — Yield was 4,699 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 4,699 kg/ha for maize (corn) — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 232.1% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Uruguay peaked at 7,626 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 327.5 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Uruguay 68th out of 163 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.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 786.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 580.6 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1963 | 870.7 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 544.6 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1965 | 327.5 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1966 | 789 kg/ha | +140.9% |
| 1967 | 517 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1968 | 428 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1969 | 737 kg/ha | +72.2% |
| 1970 | 834.2 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1971 | 921.3 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1972 | 780.1 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1973 | 1,012 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1974 | 1,169 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 1,028 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1976 | 1,221 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1977 | 876.6 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1978 | 1,052 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 757.7 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1980 | 953.8 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1981 | 1,236 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1982 | 1,025 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1983 | 1,114 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 1,344 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1985 | 1,207 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1986 | 991.3 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1987 | 1,185 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1988 | 1,592 kg/ha | +34.3% |
| 1989 | 1,228 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 1990 | 1,851 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 1991 | 1,780 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1992 | 1,561 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1993 | 1,963 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1994 | 1,628 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1995 | 2,453 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1996 | 2,171 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1997 | 2,644 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1998 | 3,372 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1999 | 4,089 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 2000 | 1,530 kg/ha | -62.6% |
| 2001 | 4,664 kg/ha | +204.9% |
| 2002 | 3,355 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2003 | 4,586 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2004 | 4,964 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 4,142 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2006 | 4,184 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 5,754 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2008 | 4,153 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2009 | 3,083 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2010 | 5,512 kg/ha | +78.7% |
| 2011 | 3,538 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 2012 | 4,262 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 5,631 kg/ha | +32.1% |
| 2014 | 4,306 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2015 | 5,771 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 2016 | 5,868 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 7,136 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2018 | 4,340 kg/ha | -39.2% |
| 2019 | 7,626 kg/ha | +75.7% |
| 2020 | 6,539 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2021 | 5,419 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2022 | 5,761 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 1,415 kg/ha | -75.4% |
| 2024 | 4,699 kg/ha | +232.1% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 4,699 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,652 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 4,699 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 620.09 kg/ha | 327.5 kg/ha | 870.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 965.18 kg/ha | 757.7 kg/ha | 1,221 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,188 kg/ha | 953.8 kg/ha | 1,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,351 kg/ha | 1,561 kg/ha | 4,089 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,041 kg/ha | 1,530 kg/ha | 5,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,399 kg/ha | 3,538 kg/ha | 7,626 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,767 kg/ha | 1,415 kg/ha | 6,539 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 maize (corn) — yield in Uruguay?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Uruguay was 4,699 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 7,626 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 327.5 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Uruguay rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 68th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.