Oranges — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Oranges — Yield was 17,300 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Yield in Uruguay, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 17,300 kg/ha for oranges — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — yield in Uruguay peaked at 24,767 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 9,375 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Uruguay 39th out of 117 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Oranges — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 9,375 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 10,625 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1987 | 9,854 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1988 | 11,650 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1989 | 10,625 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1990 | 10,666 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 11,675 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 12,022 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1993 | 12,336 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 12,666 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 13,017 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 13,376 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 13,287 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 11,949 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1999 | 16,009 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 2000 | 16,052 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 16,018 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 16,948 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 18,532 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2004 | 17,948 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 18,010 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 20,710 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2007 | 24,767 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2008 | 16,967 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2009 | 20,703 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2010 | 18,756 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2011 | 19,080 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 23,246 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2013 | 14,457 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 2014 | 19,202 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2015 | 14,756 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2016 | 18,752 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2017 | 18,767 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 16,560 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2019 | 18,944 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2020 | 14,519 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 2021 | 20,544 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 2022 | 18,439 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2023 | 17,552 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 17,300 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 17,300 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 14,992 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 17,300 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,470 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10,426 kg/ha | 9,375 kg/ha | 11,650 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 12,700 kg/ha | 10,666 kg/ha | 16,009 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,665 kg/ha | 16,018 kg/ha | 24,767 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,252 kg/ha | 14,457 kg/ha | 23,246 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,671 kg/ha | 14,519 kg/ha | 20,544 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 36 China, mainland 18,912 kg/ha compare
- 37 Réunion 18,072 kg/ha compare
- 38 Serbia and Montenegro 17,826 kg/ha compare
- 40 Guadeloupe 17,008 kg/ha compare
- 41 Peru 16,643 kg/ha compare
- 42 India 16,038 kg/ha compare
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 oranges — yield in Uruguay?
- Oranges — yield in Uruguay was 17,300 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 24,767 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest oranges — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,375 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Uruguay rank for oranges — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 39th out of 117 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. 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 Oranges — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.