Meat — Food supply in Uruguay
Uruguay: Meat — Food supply was 398,934 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Meat — Food supply in Uruguay, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 398,934 million Kcal for meat — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of up 7.0% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food supply in Uruguay peaked at 417,087 million Kcal in 2014 and was at its lowest, 345,227 million Kcal, in 2016.
Uruguay ranks 120th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food supply in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 410,133 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 406,490 million Kcal | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 410,821 million Kcal | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 367,728 million Kcal | -10.5% |
| 2014 | 417,087 million Kcal | +13.4% |
| 2015 | 372,697 million Kcal | -10.6% |
| 2016 | 345,227 million Kcal | -7.4% |
| 2017 | 376,098 million Kcal | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 356,505 million Kcal | -5.2% |
| 2019 | 414,378 million Kcal | +16.2% |
| 2020 | 373,443 million Kcal | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 367,180 million Kcal | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 372,769 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 398,934 million Kcal | +7.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 398,934 million Kcal is below the median for high income countries, which is 638,541 million Kcal, 62% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 398,934 million Kcal is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 407,243 million Kcal, 98% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 387,716 million Kcal | 345,227 million Kcal | 417,087 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 378,082 million Kcal | 367,180 million Kcal | 398,934 million Kcal | 4 |
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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 meat — food supply in Uruguay?
- Meat — food supply in Uruguay was 398,934 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food supply recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 417,087 million Kcal in 2014.
- What is the lowest meat — food supply recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 345,227 million Kcal in 2016.
- How does Uruguay rank for meat — food supply?
- Uruguay ranks 120th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food supply rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Meat — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.