Sugar beet — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sugar beet — Yield was 40,000 kg/ha in 1993. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–1993
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 40,000 kg/ha for sugar beet — yield in 1993.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.8% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — yield in Uruguay peaked at 49,659 kg/ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 13,120 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Uruguay 40th out of 65 countries with data for 1993, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,699 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,169 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1963 | 33,614 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 1964 | 18,602 kg/ha | -44.7% |
| 1965 | 24,586 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1966 | 37,084 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 1967 | 25,919 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1968 | 13,120 kg/ha | -49.4% |
| 1969 | 26,950 kg/ha | +105.4% |
| 1970 | 28,476 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 32,056 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1972 | 21,678 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1973 | 24,895 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1974 | 31,186 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1975 | 25,907 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1976 | 30,186 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1977 | 29,689 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1978 | 20,660 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1979 | 21,071 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 36,850 kg/ha | +74.9% |
| 1981 | 34,021 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1982 | 36,388 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 31,347 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1984 | 28,469 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1985 | 24,251 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1986 | 31,544 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1987 | 28,729 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1988 | 39,704 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 1989 | 36,517 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 49,659 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 1991 | 49,659 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 33,106 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 40,000 kg/ha | +20.8% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 40,000 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 66,315 kg/ha, 60% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 40,000 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,074 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,749 kg/ha | 13,120 kg/ha | 37,084 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,580 kg/ha | 20,660 kg/ha | 32,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,782 kg/ha | 24,251 kg/ha | 39,704 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,106 kg/ha | 33,106 kg/ha | 49,659 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 37 Azerbaijan 45,987 kg/ha
- 38 Yugoslav SFR 44,698 kg/ha compare
- 39 Serbia 41,053 kg/ha
- 41 Pakistan 39,540 kg/ha compare
- 42 Romania 38,182 kg/ha compare
- 43 Latvia 38,145 kg/ha
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 sugar beet — yield in Uruguay?
- Sugar beet — yield in Uruguay was 40,000 kg/ha in 1993, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 49,659 kg/ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,120 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Uruguay rank for sugar beet — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 40th out of 65 countries with data for 1993.
- Is sugar beet — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.