Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Uruguay
Uruguay: Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered was 32,507 1000 An in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 An.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 32,507 1000 An for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Uruguay peaked at 85,342 1000 An in 2011 and was at its lowest, 7,587 1000 An, in 1961.
That places Uruguay 123rd out of 207 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,562 1000 An | 7,587 1000 An | 10,962 1000 An | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,666 1000 An | 12,579 1000 An | 20,280 1000 An | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,599 1000 An | 17,998 1000 An | 26,939 1000 An | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,144 1000 An | 27,448 1000 An | 59,000 1000 An | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,844 1000 An | 30,686 1000 An | 75,300 1000 An | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,544 1000 An | 29,535 1000 An | 85,342 1000 An | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,945 1000 An | 29,700 1000 An | 32,808 1000 An | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 120 Trinidad and Tobago 34,042 1000 An compare
- 121 Afghanistan 33,865 1000 An compare
- 122 Sudan 33,638 1000 An compare
- 124 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 27,654 1000 An compare
- 125 Benin 26,339 1000 An compare
- 126 Niger 25,575 1000 An compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture share gdp 6.38 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.38 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 4.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 147,108 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,350 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Uruguay?
- Meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered in Uruguay was 32,507 1000 An in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 85,342 1000 An in 2011.
- What is the lowest meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,587 1000 An in 1961.
- How does Uruguay rank for meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered?
- Uruguay ranks 123rd out of 207 countries with data for 2024.
- Is meat, poultry — producing animals/slaughtered rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. 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 Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.