Wheat — Yield in Uruguay
Uruguay: Wheat — Yield was 4,277 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Yield in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 4,277 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.1% on the previous year and up 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Uruguay peaked at 5,037 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 539 kg/ha, in 1977.
Uruguay ranks 40th of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Wheat — Yield in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 852.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,129 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 1963 | 668.3 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1964 | 1,225 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 1965 | 1,134 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1966 | 866.2 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1967 | 647.5 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1968 | 882.9 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1969 | 992.1 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1970 | 1,153 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1971 | 888.1 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1972 | 1,008 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1973 | 1,048 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 1,225 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1975 | 999.9 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1976 | 993.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 539 kg/ha | -45.8% |
| 1978 | 795.2 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 1979 | 1,362 kg/ha | +71.3% |
| 1980 | 1,348 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1981 | 1,311 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 1,523 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1983 | 1,656 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 1,544 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1985 | 1,163 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1986 | 1,243 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 1,842 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 1988 | 2,341 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1989 | 2,392 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 1,851 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1991 | 1,614 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1992 | 2,304 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1993 | 1,602 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1994 | 2,565 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 1995 | 2,336 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 2,596 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 1,984 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1998 | 2,893 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1999 | 1,954 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2000 | 2,534 kg/ha | +29.7% |
| 2001 | 1,149 kg/ha | -54.7% |
| 2002 | 2,000 kg/ha | +74.1% |
| 2003 | 1,501 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2004 | 2,770 kg/ha | +84.5% |
| 2005 | 2,970 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 2,958 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 3,160 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 2,842 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 2,856 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 3,358 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2011 | 3,220 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 3,398 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 2,182 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 2014 | 3,318 kg/ha | +52.0% |
| 2015 | 2,697 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2016 | 3,608 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2017 | 3,521 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 2,280 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 2019 | 3,667 kg/ha | +60.9% |
| 2020 | 3,269 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 4,182 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2022 | 4,250 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 5,037 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2024 | 4,277 kg/ha | -15.1% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 4,277 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 4,277 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 933.07 kg/ha | 647.5 kg/ha | 1,225 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,001 kg/ha | 539 kg/ha | 1,362 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,636 kg/ha | 1,163 kg/ha | 2,392 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,170 kg/ha | 1,602 kg/ha | 2,893 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,474 kg/ha | 1,149 kg/ha | 3,160 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,125 kg/ha | 2,182 kg/ha | 3,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,203 kg/ha | 3,269 kg/ha | 5,037 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 wheat — yield in Uruguay?
- Wheat — yield in Uruguay was 4,277 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 5,037 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 539 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Uruguay rank for wheat — yield?
- Uruguay ranks 40th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.9%. 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 Wheat — 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.