Olives — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Olives — Yield was 2,185 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Olives — Yield in Uruguay, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, olives — yield in Uruguay stood at 2,185 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 20.9% on the previous year and up 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Uruguay peaked at 3,750 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 357.1 kg/ha, in 2018.
Uruguay ranks 22nd of 41 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Olives — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,308 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,444 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 3,714 kg/ha | +52.0% |
| 1992 | 3,375 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 3,200 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 3,421 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 3,750 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 3,500 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1997 | 3,368 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 3,636 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 2,333 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 2000 | 2,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 2,286 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2002 | 2,241 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 2,200 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 2,241 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 2,533 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 2,710 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2007 | 2,267 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2008 | 2,111 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 2,150 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 2,170 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 2,144 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 2,100 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 2,138 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1,571 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2015 | 3,398 kg/ha | +116.2% |
| 2016 | 962.3 kg/ha | -71.7% |
| 2017 | 1,278 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2018 | 357.1 kg/ha | -72.1% |
| 2019 | 2,740 kg/ha | +667.2% |
| 2020 | 759.9 kg/ha | -72.3% |
| 2021 | 3,327 kg/ha | +337.8% |
| 2022 | 2,718 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2023 | 2,761 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 2,185 kg/ha | -20.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 2,185 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,488 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 2,185 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,185 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Yield in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +667.2% | 357.1 kg/ha | 2,740 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +337.8% | 759.9 kg/ha | 3,327 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +116.2% | 1,571 kg/ha | 3,398 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -72.1% | 1,278 kg/ha | 357.1 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -72.3% | 2,740 kg/ha | 759.9 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -71.7% | 3,398 kg/ha | 962.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,308 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 3,274 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha | 3,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,274 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,886 kg/ha | 357.1 kg/ha | 3,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,350 kg/ha | 759.9 kg/ha | 3,327 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 olives — yield in Uruguay?
- Olives — yield in Uruguay was 2,185 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3,750 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 357.1 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Uruguay rank for olives — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 22nd out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.1%. 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 Olives — Yield. 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.