Soya beans — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Soya beans — Yield was 3,226 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Uruguay is 3,226 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 403.0% on the previous year and up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Uruguay peaked at 3,226 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 641.4 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Uruguay 6th out of 98 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1973 | 888.9 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1974 | 826.1 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1975 | 1,719 kg/ha | +108.1% |
| 1976 | 1,150 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1977 | 1,420 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1978 | 1,300 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1979 | 781 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1980 | 1,216 kg/ha | +55.7% |
| 1981 | 1,471 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1982 | 1,346 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1983 | 1,344 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 1,319 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 1,449 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 1,762 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1987 | 1,720 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 1,702 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 700 kg/ha | -58.9% |
| 1990 | 1,298 kg/ha | +85.5% |
| 1991 | 1,833 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1992 | 1,989 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 1,850 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1994 | 1,509 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1995 | 1,824 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1996 | 1,790 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 1,733 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 2,111 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1999 | 2,111 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 764 kg/ha | -63.8% |
| 2001 | 2,300 kg/ha | +201.0% |
| 2002 | 2,457 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 2,548 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1,526 kg/ha | -40.1% |
| 2005 | 1,838 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2006 | 2,190 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2007 | 2,223 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,673 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2009 | 1,780 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2010 | 2,112 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2011 | 1,788 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2012 | 2,390 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 2013 | 2,633 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 2,394 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 2,331 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 1,937 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2017 | 2,950 kg/ha | +52.3% |
| 2018 | 1,214 kg/ha | -58.8% |
| 2019 | 2,928 kg/ha | +141.2% |
| 2020 | 2,171 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2021 | 1,880 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2022 | 2,799 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 2023 | 641.4 kg/ha | -77.1% |
| 2024 | 3,226 kg/ha | +403.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 3,226 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,477 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 3,226 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,060 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +403.0% | 641.4 kg/ha | 3,226 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +201.0% | 764 kg/ha | 2,300 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +141.2% | 1,214 kg/ha | 2,928 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,128 kg/ha | 781 kg/ha | 1,719 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,403 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 1,762 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,805 kg/ha | 1,298 kg/ha | 2,111 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,930 kg/ha | 764 kg/ha | 2,548 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,268 kg/ha | 1,214 kg/ha | 2,950 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,143 kg/ha | 641.4 kg/ha | 3,226 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,439 kg/ha compare
- 3 Italy 3,343 kg/ha compare
- 4 Canada 3,305 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 2,063 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 3,254 kg/ha compare
- 5 Polynesia 2,029 kg/ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,909 kg/ha compare
- 7 Brazil 3,147 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,884 kg/ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia PDR 3,088 kg/ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 1,627 kg/ha compare
- 9 Paraguay 3,040 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 soya beans — yield in Uruguay?
- Soya beans — yield in Uruguay was 3,226 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3,226 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 641.4 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Uruguay rank for soya beans — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 6th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. 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 Soya beans — 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.