Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Uruguay
Uruguay: Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production was 23,010 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Uruguay stood at 23,010 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.8% on the previous year and down 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Uruguay peaked at 93,584 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 23,010 t, in 2024.
That places Uruguay 20th out of 100 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 85,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 83,081 t | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 83,588 t | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 82,733 t | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 73,315 t | -11.4% |
| 1966 | 84,933 t | +15.8% |
| 1967 | 80,579 t | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 84,301 t | +4.6% |
| 1969 | 81,947 t | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 79,647 t | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 82,509 t | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 58,885 t | -28.6% |
| 1973 | 59,037 t | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 60,464 t | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 60,769 t | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 60,357 t | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 62,245 t | +3.1% |
| 1978 | 58,316 t | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 62,547 t | +7.3% |
| 1980 | 67,279 t | +7.6% |
| 1981 | 74,603 t | +10.9% |
| 1982 | 74,459 t | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 82,000 t | +10.1% |
| 1984 | 81,676 t | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 70,950 t | -13.1% |
| 1986 | 87,178 t | +22.9% |
| 1987 | 92,453 t | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 88,935 t | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 82,745 t | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 93,584 t | +13.1% |
| 1991 | 93,563 t | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 84,425 t | -9.8% |
| 1993 | 87,845 t | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 89,901 t | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 81,649 t | -9.2% |
| 1996 | 75,917 t | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 81,847 t | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 75,503 t | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 60,293 t | -20.1% |
| 2000 | 57,218 t | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 56,744 t | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 39,376 t | -30.6% |
| 2003 | 34,922 t | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 37,271 t | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 42,009 t | +12.7% |
| 2006 | 46,709 t | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 46,709 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 45,085 t | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 41,057 t | -8.9% |
| 2010 | 34,700 t | -15.5% |
| 2011 | 34,700 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 36,000 t | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 36,224 t | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 35,755 t | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 31,000 t | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 25,672 t | -17.2% |
| 2017 | 25,497 t | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 26,634 t | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 26,557 t | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 24,720 t | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 23,376 t | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 25,600 t | +9.5% |
| 2023 | 24,692 t | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 23,010 t | -6.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82,164 t | 73,315 t | 85,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,478 t | 58,316 t | 82,509 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 80,228 t | 67,279 t | 92,453 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,453 t | 60,293 t | 93,584 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,710 t | 34,922 t | 57,218 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,274 t | 25,497 t | 36,224 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,280 t | 23,010 t | 25,600 t | 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)
- 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 shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Uruguay?
- Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production in Uruguay was 23,010 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 93,584 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,010 t in 2024.
- How does Uruguay rank for shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production?
- Uruguay ranks 20th out of 100 countries with data for 2024.
- Is shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — production rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. 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 Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Production. 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.