Agriculture & Rural in Uruguay

3,754 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Uruguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Tomato yields 77.75 tonnes per hectare 2024 up 21.2% 35th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Total — Value 335.52 1000 No 2023 down 8.7% 96th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 10.91 % 2023 down 15.2% 83rd
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 4.75 % 2023 down 7.0% 87th
Gender gap in the share of employment in agrifood systems out of 6.17 % 2023 down 20.4% 26th
Surface area 176,220 sq. km 2023 unchanged 90th
Agricultural land per capita 4.2 hectares per capita 2023 down 2.0% 13th
Phosphate fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 40.66 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 58.3% 19th
Nitrogen fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 81.15 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 1.6% 41st
Potash fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 32.41 kilograms per hectare 2023 down 29.4% 36th
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland 81.15 kilograms per hectare 2023 up 1.6% 41st
Fish and seafood production 66,000 tonnes 2023 up 11.9% 101st
Fertilizer consumption 345,237 tonnes 2023 down 34.1% 45th
Fertilizer use by nutrient 201,843 tonnes 2023 down 3.1% 49th
Cropland area 2.24 million hectares 2023 down 4.6% 89th
Unmanufactured tobacco — Production, per square kilometre 0.019 t per square kilometre 2023 up 7.5% 52nd
Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.0046 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% 65th
FAO Model — Total employment in agrifood systems (AFS) — Value 335.52 1000 No 2023 down 8.7% 96th
FAO Model — Share of AFS employment in total employment — Value 20.58 % 2023 down 10.0% 82nd
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Agriculture 139.69 1000 No 2023 down 13.6% 95th
Share of employment in agrifood systems out of total employment by 8.57 % 2023 down 14.8% 84th
FAO Model — Share of agricultural employment in total AFS employment 41.63 % 2023 down 5.4% 94th
Sunflower seed — Area harvested 4,000 ha 2024 56th
Sorghum — Gross Production Value 10,820 1000 USD 2024 down 78.5% 41st
Sweet potatoes — Gross Production Value 59,589 1000 USD 2024 up 9.3% 29th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, per 0.1813 t per square kilometre 2023 up 16.0% 90th
Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested, per 0.0078 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% 93rd
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 61.4 % 2023 down 7.0% 33rd
Share of employment by sex in industry: Employment in off-farm 38.6 % 2023 up 13.7% 125th
Gender gap in share of employment in industry: Employment in off-farm 22.79 % 2023 down 29.0% 33rd
Meat of ducks, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 499 1000 Int$ 1990 up 12.4% 53rd
Sunflower seed — Production 5,000 t 2024 56th
Employment in agrifood systems by subindustry and sex: Off-farm 195.83 1000 No 2023 down 4.8% 89th
FAO Model — Total non-agricultural AFS employment — Value 195.83 1000 No 2023 down 4.8% 90th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total AFS 58.37 % 2023 up 4.2% 54th
FAO Model — Share of non-agricultural AFS employment in total 12.01 % 2023 down 6.2% 73rd
Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value 2,102 1000 USD 2024 down 24.4% 89th
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Gross Production Value 622 1000 USD 2024 up 9.1% 61st
Barley — Gross Production Value 174,536 1000 USD 2024 up 228.4% 29th
Plums and sloes — Gross Production Index Number 120.84 2024 up 0.7% 24th
Plums and sloes — Gross per capita Production Index Number 120.1 2024 down 0.2% 20th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Production 10,252 t 2024 up 23.7% 14th
Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen 44,590 An 2024 up 18.2% 14th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 44,590 An 2024 up 18.2% 14th
Coefficient of variation of habitual caloric consumption distribution 0.17 No 2024 unchanged 153rd
Share of employment in agriculture 8.1% 2025 down 16.3% 118th
Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 8.1% 2025 down 16.3% 118th
Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 6.36 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 47.7% 60th
Sunflower-seed oil, crude — Production 3,400 t 2023 up 70.0% 61st
Tomatoes — Gross Production Value 2.23 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 55.9% 58th
Share of employed women working in agriculture vs. GDP per capita 3.7% 2025 down 15.3% 124th
Share of employment in agriculture, industry, and services 8.1% 2025 down 16.3% 118th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 34,139 1000 Int$ 2024 up 23.8% 13th
Mules and hinnies — Stocks 4,125 An 2024 up 3.1% 39th
Horse meat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 230 kg/An 2024 up 4.5% 24th
Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 60.81 million 1000 SLC 2024 up 54.7% 34th
Peaches and nectarines — Gross Production Value 7,212 1000 Int$ 2024 down 39.1% 54th
Shorn wool, greasy, including fleece-washed shorn wool — Gross 74,604 1000 USD 2024 down 35.6% 12th
Pears — Gross Production Index Number 105.58 2024 down 13.0% 31st
Pears — Gross per capita Production Index Number 104.91 2024 down 13.8% 29th