Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 4,174 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Uruguay is 4,174 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Uruguay peaked at 4,174 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 718 kg/ha, in 1968.
Uruguay ranks 8th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 946.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,308 kg/ha | +38.3% |
| 1963 | 1,493 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1964 | 952.9 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 1965 | 975.6 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 1,172 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1967 | 1,101 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1968 | 718 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1969 | 876.6 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1970 | 854.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 917.8 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 1,299 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 1973 | 1,242 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1974 | 1,595 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1975 | 1,607 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 1,433 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1977 | 1,430 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 1,679 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1979 | 1,489 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 1,785 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1981 | 1,673 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 2,112 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1983 | 2,039 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1984 | 1,989 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 2,140 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 1,750 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1987 | 1,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,853 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1989 | 2,194 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1990 | 2,201 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1991 | 2,200 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 2,917 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1993 | 3,200 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1994 | 3,134 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 3,205 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 3,184 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 3,250 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 3,263 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 3,310 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 3,374 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 3,412 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 3,386 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 3,333 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 3,366 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 3,333 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 3,428 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 3,498 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 3,566 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 3,633 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 3,707 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 3,766 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 3,855 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 3,827 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 3,842 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 3,924 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 3,902 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 3,880 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 3,921 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 4,002 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 4,077 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 4,098 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 4,109 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 4,141 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 4,174 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 4,174 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,159 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 4,174 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,803 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +41.5% | 917.8 kg/ha | 1,299 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +38.3% | 946.2 kg/ha | 1,308 kg/ha |
| 1964 | -36.2% | 1,493 kg/ha | 952.9 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -34.8% | 1,101 kg/ha | 718 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +32.6% | 2,200 kg/ha | 2,917 kg/ha |
| 1974 | +28.4% | 1,242 kg/ha | 1,595 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,060 kg/ha | 718 kg/ha | 1,493 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,355 kg/ha | 854.5 kg/ha | 1,679 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,928 kg/ha | 1,673 kg/ha | 2,194 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,986 kg/ha | 2,200 kg/ha | 3,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,433 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,633 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,863 kg/ha | 3,707 kg/ha | 4,002 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,120 kg/ha | 4,077 kg/ha | 4,174 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,980 kg/ha compare
- 5 Jordan 5,135 kg/ha compare
- 6 Oman 4,519 kg/ha compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,857 kg/ha compare
- 7 Cyprus 4,319 kg/ha compare
- 7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,485 kg/ha compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 1,470 kg/ha compare
- 9 Kazakhstan 4,081 kg/ha compare
- 9 Türkiye 1,384 kg/ha compare
- 10 Czechoslovakia 4,018 kg/ha compare
- 11 Mali 3,996 kg/ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 1,251 kg/ha compare
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 unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Uruguay?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Uruguay was 4,174 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4,174 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 718 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Uruguay rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 8th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.6%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.