Potatoes — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Potatoes — Yield was 23,318 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Uruguay stood at 23,318 kg/ha.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 14.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Uruguay peaked at 24,467 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,505 kg/ha, in 1968.
Uruguay ranks 61st of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,042 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,412 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1963 | 4,957 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 4,052 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1965 | 4,830 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1966 | 5,570 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1967 | 4,717 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1968 | 3,505 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1969 | 6,175 kg/ha | +76.2% |
| 1970 | 5,635 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1971 | 6,267 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1972 | 4,560 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1973 | 5,436 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1974 | 4,973 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 4,689 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1976 | 6,412 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1977 | 5,108 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1978 | 5,247 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 6,416 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1980 | 4,976 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1981 | 8,297 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 1982 | 7,075 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1983 | 5,845 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1984 | 7,759 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1985 | 7,499 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 6,326 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1987 | 8,348 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1988 | 7,400 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1989 | 8,579 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1990 | 9,500 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1991 | 10,174 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 9,226 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 8,594 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 9,331 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 10,060 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 10,942 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 15,088 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 1998 | 15,753 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 16,387 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 12,407 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2001 | 14,649 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2002 | 12,940 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2003 | 16,274 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2004 | 15,990 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 18,933 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2006 | 17,269 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2007 | 14,935 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 16,930 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2009 | 16,101 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2010 | 20,092 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2011 | 17,761 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 21,989 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 2013 | 22,443 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 20,431 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 17,221 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2016 | 20,118 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2017 | 19,779 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 20,878 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 23,291 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2020 | 20,238 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 24,467 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2022 | 23,760 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 22,652 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 23,318 kg/ha | +2.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 23,318 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 23,318 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,008 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,918 kg/ha | 3,505 kg/ha | 6,175 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,474 kg/ha | 4,560 kg/ha | 6,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,210 kg/ha | 4,976 kg/ha | 8,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,506 kg/ha | 8,594 kg/ha | 16,387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,643 kg/ha | 12,407 kg/ha | 18,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,400 kg/ha | 17,221 kg/ha | 23,291 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,887 kg/ha | 20,238 kg/ha | 24,467 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 58 Senegal 24,134 kg/ha compare
- 59 Estonia 23,743 kg/ha compare
- 60 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23,571 kg/ha compare
- 62 Bangladesh 23,198 kg/ha compare
- 63 United Arab Emirates 22,893 kg/ha compare
- 64 China, Taiwan Province of 22,793 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 potatoes — yield in Uruguay?
- Potatoes — yield in Uruguay was 23,318 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 24,467 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,505 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Uruguay rank for potatoes — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 61st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.1%. 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 Potatoes — 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.