Oil of maize — Production in Uruguay
Uruguay: Oil of maize — Production was 6,500 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Oil of maize — Production in Uruguay, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil of maize — production in Uruguay is 6,500 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil of maize — production in Uruguay peaked at 6,500 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4,200 t, in 2010.
That places Uruguay 36th out of 58 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Oil of maize — Production in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,200 t | — |
| 2011 | 4,300 t | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 4,400 t | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 4,500 t | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 4,700 t | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 4,800 t | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 5,000 t | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 5,200 t | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 5,400 t | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 5,600 t | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 5,800 t | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 6,100 t | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 6,300 t | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 6,500 t | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4,810 t | 4,200 t | 5,600 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,175 t | 5,800 t | 6,500 t | 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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil of maize — production in Uruguay?
- Oil of maize — production in Uruguay was 6,500 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oil of maize — production recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 6,500 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest oil of maize — production recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,200 t in 2010.
- How does Uruguay rank for oil of maize — production?
- Uruguay ranks 36th out of 58 countries with data for 2023.
- Is oil of maize — production rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Oil of maize — Production. 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.