Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 71,304 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Uruguay is 71,304 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.6% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Uruguay peaked at 76,338 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16,997 kg/ha, in 1968.
Uruguay ranks 38th of 152 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,240 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,615 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1963 | 34,167 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1964 | 24,516 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1965 | 28,885 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1966 | 37,211 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1967 | 30,214 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1968 | 16,997 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1969 | 29,831 kg/ha | +75.5% |
| 1970 | 31,276 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 35,675 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1972 | 25,176 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1973 | 31,441 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1974 | 32,423 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 31,211 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 30,826 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 39,115 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1978 | 29,926 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1979 | 24,958 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1980 | 41,720 kg/ha | +67.2% |
| 1981 | 37,898 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 41,835 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1983 | 42,056 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 41,353 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 42,859 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 47,726 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1987 | 45,830 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1988 | 46,087 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 52,592 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1990 | 61,662 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1991 | 44,554 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1992 | 47,373 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 42,149 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1994 | 56,895 kg/ha | +35.0% |
| 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 60,128 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 71,304 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,853 kg/ha | 16,997 kg/ha | 37,211 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,203 kg/ha | 24,958 kg/ha | 39,115 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,996 kg/ha | 37,898 kg/ha | 52,592 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,379 kg/ha | 42,149 kg/ha | 62,050 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 crops primary — yield in Uruguay?
- Sugar crops primary — 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 crops primary — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 76,338 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,997 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Uruguay rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 38th out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 Crops Primary — Yield. 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.