Meat — Food in Uruguay
Uruguay: Meat — Food was 235 1000 t in 2023. ▬ Flat
Meat — Food in Uruguay, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 235 1000 t for meat — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food in Uruguay peaked at 243 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 192 1000 t, in 2016.
That places Uruguay 121st out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Meat — Food in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 228 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 226 1000 t | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 233 1000 t | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 201 1000 t | -13.7% |
| 2014 | 235 1000 t | +16.9% |
| 2015 | 208 1000 t | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 192 1000 t | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 207 1000 t | +7.8% |
| 2018 | 198 1000 t | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 243 1000 t | +22.7% |
| 2020 | 219 1000 t | -9.9% |
| 2021 | 221 1000 t | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 224 1000 t | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 235 1000 t | +4.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 235 1000 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 389 1000 t, 60% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 235 1000 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 1000 t, 96% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 217.1 1000 t | 192 1000 t | 243 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 224.75 1000 t | 219 1000 t | 235 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
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 in Uruguay?
- Meat — food in Uruguay was 235 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 243 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest meat — food recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 192 1000 t in 2016.
- How does Uruguay rank for meat — food?
- Uruguay ranks 121st out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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. 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.