Sugar cane — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sugar cane — Yield was 71,304 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar cane — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar cane — yield in Uruguay stood at 71,304 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — yield in Uruguay peaked at 76,338 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 28,050 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Uruguay 30th 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 — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,050 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 37,933 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 1963 | 35,427 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1964 | 39,966 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1965 | 43,256 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 37,599 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1967 | 53,947 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 1968 | 39,093 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1969 | 50,530 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 1970 | 37,599 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1971 | 45,801 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1972 | 33,218 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1973 | 44,776 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 1974 | 34,930 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1975 | 45,396 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1976 | 32,590 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1977 | 56,258 kg/ha | +72.6% |
| 1978 | 46,367 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1979 | 31,355 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1980 | 49,008 kg/ha | +56.3% |
| 1981 | 41,817 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1982 | 47,241 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 55,639 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1984 | 53,181 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 55,808 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 61,790 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1987 | 60,640 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 50,271 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1989 | 58,709 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1990 | 66,576 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1991 | 43,065 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 1992 | 54,432 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1993 | 42,409 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1994 | 56,895 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1995 | 54,540 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 51,405 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 62,050 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1998 | 53,944 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1999 | 49,214 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 53,393 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 60,862 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 60,548 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 40,488 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2004 | 46,727 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 52,182 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2006 | 48,808 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 56,515 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2008 | 55,333 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 50,989 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2010 | 48,200 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 52,500 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 55,758 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2013 | 55,758 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 61,795 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2015 | 62,394 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 48,382 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2017 | 56,081 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2018 | 57,500 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 64,138 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 63,182 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 68,955 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 75,899 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 76,338 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 71,304 kg/ha | -6.6% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 71,304 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 55,556 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 71,304 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,271 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,645 kg/ha | 28,050 kg/ha | 53,947 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,829 kg/ha | 31,355 kg/ha | 56,258 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,410 kg/ha | 41,817 kg/ha | 61,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,453 kg/ha | 42,409 kg/ha | 66,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,584 kg/ha | 40,488 kg/ha | 60,862 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,251 kg/ha | 48,200 kg/ha | 64,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,136 kg/ha | 63,182 kg/ha | 76,338 kg/ha | 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 — yield in Uruguay?
- Sugar cane — yield in Uruguay was 71,304 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 76,338 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,050 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Uruguay rank for sugar cane — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 30th out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. 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 — 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.