Plums and sloes — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Plums and sloes — Yield was 10,612 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Uruguay, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — yield in Uruguay is 10,612 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Uruguay peaked at 12,021 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,667 kg/ha, in 1986.
That places Uruguay 20th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 4,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,667 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1987 | 4,167 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 1988 | 4,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,055 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 5,555 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 1992 | 4,932 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1993 | 5,474 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1994 | 5,576 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 5,681 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 5,790 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 5,911 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 6,182 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 6,248 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 5,846 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2001 | 6,323 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 5,388 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2003 | 3,776 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2004 | 8,527 kg/ha | +125.8% |
| 2005 | 8,701 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 7,617 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 11,758 kg/ha | +54.4% |
| 2008 | 5,811 kg/ha | -50.6% |
| 2009 | 6,580 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 8,555 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2011 | 11,192 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 2012 | 12,021 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2013 | 8,432 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2014 | 8,263 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 7,992 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 4,996 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 2017 | 7,931 kg/ha | +58.7% |
| 2018 | 9,172 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2019 | 10,406 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 9,630 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2021 | 11,845 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2022 | 10,650 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 10,303 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 10,612 kg/ha | +3.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 10,612 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 10,612 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,673 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +125.8% | 3,776 kg/ha | 8,527 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,767 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 5,540 kg/ha | 4,055 kg/ha | 6,248 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,033 kg/ha | 3,776 kg/ha | 11,758 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,896 kg/ha | 4,996 kg/ha | 12,021 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,608 kg/ha | 9,630 kg/ha | 11,845 kg/ha | 5 |
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 plums and sloes — yield in Uruguay?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Uruguay was 10,612 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 12,021 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,667 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Uruguay rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 20th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.4%. 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 Plums and sloes — 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.