Sugar cane — Production in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sugar cane — Production was 541,167 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Production in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 541,167 t for sugar cane — production in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Uruguay peaked at 682,800 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 105,102 t, in 1961.
That places Uruguay 58th out of 103 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.
Sugar cane — Production in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 105,102 t | — |
| 1962 | 151,733 t | +44.4% |
| 1963 | 177,137 t | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 199,830 t | +12.8% |
| 1965 | 204,731 t | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 184,123 t | -10.1% |
| 1967 | 136,485 t | -25.9% |
| 1968 | 105,550 t | -22.7% |
| 1969 | 126,225 t | +19.6% |
| 1970 | 160,662 t | +27.3% |
| 1971 | 230,148 t | +43.2% |
| 1972 | 227,480 t | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 327,132 t | +43.8% |
| 1974 | 239,931 t | -26.7% |
| 1975 | 375,651 t | +56.6% |
| 1976 | 326,224 t | -13.2% |
| 1977 | 621,879 t | +90.6% |
| 1978 | 475,399 t | -23.6% |
| 1979 | 322,640 t | -32.1% |
| 1980 | 447,981 t | +38.8% |
| 1981 | 420,222 t | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 479,730 t | +14.2% |
| 1983 | 551,045 t | +14.9% |
| 1984 | 551,755 t | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 586,149 t | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 637,115 t | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 599,729 t | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 494,714 t | -17.5% |
| 1989 | 598,834 t | +21.0% |
| 1990 | 682,800 t | +14.0% |
| 1991 | 465,100 t | -31.9% |
| 1992 | 517,100 t | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 279,900 t | -45.9% |
| 1994 | 216,200 t | -22.8% |
| 1995 | 201,800 t | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 190,200 t | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 208,240 t | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 167,228 t | -19.7% |
| 1999 | 137,800 t | -17.6% |
| 2000 | 149,500 t | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 176,500 t | +18.1% |
| 2002 | 187,700 t | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 116,200 t | -38.1% |
| 2004 | 154,200 t | +32.7% |
| 2005 | 172,200 t | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 144,519 t | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 293,200 t | +102.9% |
| 2008 | 334,100 t | +13.9% |
| 2009 | 296,500 t | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 313,300 t | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 420,000 t | +34.1% |
| 2012 | 368,000 t | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 368,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 482,000 t | +31.0% |
| 2015 | 443,000 t | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 367,700 t | -17.0% |
| 2017 | 347,700 t | -5.4% |
| 2018 | 356,500 t | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 416,900 t | +16.9% |
| 2020 | 417,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 462,000 t | +10.8% |
| 2022 | 523,700 t | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 542,000 t | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 541,167 t | -0.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 541,167 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 63,848 t, 8.5× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 541,167 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.67 million t, 32% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 154,546 t | 105,102 t | 204,731 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 330,715 t | 160,662 t | 621,879 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 536,727 t | 420,222 t | 637,115 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 306,637 t | 137,800 t | 682,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 202,462 t | 116,200 t | 334,100 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 388,310 t | 313,300 t | 482,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 497,173 t | 417,000 t | 542,000 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)
- 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 cane — production in Uruguay?
- Sugar cane — production in Uruguay was 541,167 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 682,800 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 105,102 t in 1961.
- How does Uruguay rank for sugar cane — production?
- Uruguay ranks 58th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.3%. 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 cane — 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.