Vegetables Primary — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 21,370 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — yield in Uruguay stood at 21,370 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Uruguay peaked at 21,557 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 5,067 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Uruguay 67th out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,423 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,067 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1963 | 5,145 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 5,277 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 5,354 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 5,535 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 5,422 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 5,420 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,494 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 5,538 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 5,693 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 5,867 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 5,958 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 6,125 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 6,466 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1976 | 6,607 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1977 | 6,675 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 6,838 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 6,853 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 6,957 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 6,912 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 6,786 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 6,659 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 6,574 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 6,518 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 6,544 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 6,441 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 6,268 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 6,647 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 7,181 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 7,758 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 7,984 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 8,096 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 8,280 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 8,700 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 8,860 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 9,321 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1998 | 9,820 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 9,558 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 9,232 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2001 | 10,300 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2002 | 12,481 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2003 | 14,364 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2004 | 13,185 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2005 | 13,901 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 14,683 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 16,098 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2008 | 15,140 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 16,584 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2010 | 16,736 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 18,077 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2012 | 20,016 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2013 | 19,712 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 20,245 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 20,774 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 20,650 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 20,480 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 20,988 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 21,118 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 21,557 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 21,299 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 21,271 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 21,380 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 21,370 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 21,370 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 84% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 21,370 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,009 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,349 kg/ha | 5,067 kg/ha | 5,535 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,262 kg/ha | 5,538 kg/ha | 6,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,631 kg/ha | 6,268 kg/ha | 6,957 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,556 kg/ha | 7,181 kg/ha | 9,820 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,597 kg/ha | 9,232 kg/ha | 16,584 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,879 kg/ha | 16,736 kg/ha | 21,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,375 kg/ha | 21,271 kg/ha | 21,557 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 64 China, Hong Kong SAR 22,930 kg/ha compare
- 65 France 22,314 kg/ha compare
- 66 Switzerland 21,944 kg/ha compare
- 68 Kyrgyzstan 21,162 kg/ha compare
- 69 Suriname 21,107 kg/ha compare
- 70 Bulgaria 21,054 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 vegetables primary — yield in Uruguay?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Uruguay was 21,370 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 21,557 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,067 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Uruguay rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetables 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.