Sunflower seed — Production in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sunflower seed — Production was 5,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Production in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 5,000 t for sunflower seed — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 52.3% on the previous year and up 400.0% over five years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — production in Uruguay peaked at 234,000 t in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2014.
That places Uruguay 62nd out of 89 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,227 t | 38,656 t | 99,791 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 56,628 t | 34,381 t | 77,120 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 39,518 t | 18,771 t | 72,200 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 84,830 t | 28,700 t | 160,700 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 103,182 t | 33,300 t | 234,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,250 t | 0 t | 9,100 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,076 t | 1,000 t | 13,900 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 59 Kenya 6,000 t compare
- 60 Mexico 5,344 t compare
- 61 North Macedonia 5,341 t compare
- 62 Belarus 5,000 t compare
- 64 Kyrgyzstan 4,337 t compare
- 65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,816 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture share gdp 6.38 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.38 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 4.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 147,108 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,350 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sunflower seed — production in Uruguay?
- Sunflower seed — production in Uruguay was 5,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — production recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 234,000 t in 2003.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — production recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2014.
- How does Uruguay rank for sunflower seed — production?
- Uruguay ranks 62nd out of 89 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sunflower seed — 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.