Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 0.4698 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Uruguay, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Uruguay is 0.4698 t per square kilometre, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Uruguay peaked at 0.4996 t per square kilometre in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.145 t per square kilometre, in 1990.
That places Uruguay 46th out of 99 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4946 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.3207 t per square kilometre | -35.2% |
| 1963 | 0.4996 t per square kilometre | +55.8% |
| 1964 | 0.4514 t per square kilometre | -9.6% |
| 1965 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | -24.1% |
| 1966 | 0.4571 t per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 0.4 t per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 0.28 t per square kilometre | -30.0% |
| 1969 | 0.4228 t per square kilometre | +51.0% |
| 1970 | 0.4534 t per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 0.484 t per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 0.3791 t per square kilometre | -21.7% |
| 1973 | 0.4171 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 0.4534 t per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 0.4514 t per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | -24.1% |
| 1977 | 0.2857 t per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1978 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.145 t per square kilometre | -57.7% |
| 1991 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +136.4% |
| 1992 | 0.2857 t per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 0.288 t per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 0.3142 t per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1995 | 0.3171 t per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0.3142 t per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3142 t per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 0.3542 t per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 0.36 t per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3628 t per square kilometre | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3714 t per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | -7.7% |
| 2005 | 0.3771 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 0.3885 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 0.4 t per square kilometre | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4057 t per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.4114 t per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4142 t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.4228 t per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 0.4314 t per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.44 t per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4285 t per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.4369 t per square kilometre | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 0.4472 t per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4537 t per square kilometre | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.4597 t per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 0.467 t per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.4735 t per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0.4667 t per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4691 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.4698 t per square kilometre | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +136.4% | 0.145 t per square kilometre | 0.3428 t per square kilometre |
| 1990 | -57.7% | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | 0.145 t per square kilometre |
| 1963 | +55.8% | 0.3207 t per square kilometre | 0.4996 t per square kilometre |
| 1969 | +51.0% | 0.28 t per square kilometre | 0.4228 t per square kilometre |
| 1962 | -35.2% | 0.4946 t per square kilometre | 0.3207 t per square kilometre |
| 1966 | +33.3% | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | 0.4571 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4077 t per square kilometre | 0.28 t per square kilometre | 0.4996 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3953 t per square kilometre | 0.2857 t per square kilometre | 0.484 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3007 t per square kilometre | 0.145 t per square kilometre | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3774 t per square kilometre | 0.3428 t per square kilometre | 0.4114 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4401 t per square kilometre | 0.4142 t per square kilometre | 0.467 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4698 t per square kilometre | 0.4667 t per square kilometre | 0.4735 t per square kilometre | 4 |
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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 sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Uruguay?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Uruguay was 0.4698 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4996 t per square kilometre in 1963.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.145 t per square kilometre in 1990.
- How does Uruguay rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Uruguay ranks 46th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.