Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 13,127 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Uruguay is 13,127 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Uruguay peaked at 14,592 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3,908 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Uruguay 118th out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,977 kg/ha | 3,908 kg/ha | 5,997 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,245 kg/ha | 4,416 kg/ha | 6,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,768 kg/ha | 4,558 kg/ha | 6,520 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,380 kg/ha | 7,474 kg/ha | 13,950 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,841 kg/ha | 11,409 kg/ha | 14,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,302 kg/ha | 11,965 kg/ha | 14,239 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,510 kg/ha | 12,990 kg/ha | 14,266 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 115 Solomon Islands 13,446 kg/ha compare
- 116 Iceland 13,351 kg/ha compare
- 117 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 13,165 kg/ha compare
- 119 Sri Lanka 13,051 kg/ha compare
- 120 China, Hong Kong SAR 13,005 kg/ha compare
- 121 Costa Rica 12,941 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)
- 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Uruguay?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Uruguay was 13,127 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 14,592 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,908 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Uruguay rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 118th out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.