FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in Uruguay
According to FAOSTAT, Uruguay produced 4.1 million t of cereals, 179,765 t of vegetables, 448,615 t of fruit, 695,238 t of meat and 2.3 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were soybeans (3.1 million t), rice (1.3 million t) and wheat (1.3 million t).
- Products recorded
- 90
- World #1
- 0
- products
- World top 10
- 2
- products
- Year
- 2024
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in rapeseed (+1219%), followed by barley (+228%).
Livestock numbers: 12.0 million cattle, 147,258 pigs, 5.7 million sheep and 18,520 goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cereals | 4,116,826 | 68 | 0.13% | +2.2% |
| All milk | 2,268,781 | 49 | 0.23% | −1.3% |
| All meat | 695,238 | 62 | 0.19% | +6.6% |
| All sugar crops | 541,167 | 87 | 0.02% | +12% |
| All fruit | 448,615 | 112 | 0.05% | −8.4% |
| All citrus fruit | 255,446 | 46 | 0.15% | −11% |
| All vegetables | 179,765 | 124 | 0.02% | +7.3% |
| All roots and tubers | 148,552 | 130 | 0.02% | −5.7% |
| All eggs | 56,862 | 78 | 0.06% | +19% |
| All pulses | 6,516 | 132 | 0.01% | −1.6% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soybeans | 3,065,000 | 11 | 0.77% | −3.1% |
| Cow milk | 2,268,781 | 48 | 0.28% | −1.3% |
| Rice (paddy) | 1,305,900 | 37 | 0.16% | −3.1% |
| Wheat | 1,295,415 | 45 | 0.16% | −16% |
| Barley | 828,978 | 31 | 0.58% | +228% |
| Maize | 581,658 | 75 | 0.05% | +3.0% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 577,893 | 26 | 0.83% | +12% |
| Sugar cane | 541,167 | 59 | 0.03% | +12% |
| Skim milk of cows | 396,480 | 51 | 0.28% | −28% |
| Rapeseed | 211,000 | 28 | 0.24% | +1,219% |
| Beer | 168,700 | 83 | 0.09% | +78% |
| Whole milk powder | 166,129 | 6 | 3.31% | +156% |
| Oranges | 114,638 | 44 | 0.17% | −24% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 104,465 | 15 | 1.08% | +12% |
| Grapes | 101,622 | 49 | 0.13% | +7.0% |
| Tallow | 91,000 | 14 | 1.1% | +59% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 88,364 | 31 | 0.17% | −16% |
| Sweet potatoes | 82,001 | 49 | 0.09% | +9.3% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 77,793 | 18 | 0.89% | +12% |
| Chicken meat | 74,323 | 95 | 0.06% | −12% |
| Potatoes | 66,551 | 112 | 0.02% | −19% |
| Sorghum | 65,037 | 43 | 0.1% | −79% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 64,636 | 40 | 0.28% | −3.5% |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | 57,600 | 37 | 0.18% | +470% |
| Hen eggs | 56,862 | 78 | 0.06% | +19% |
| Lemons and limes | 51,770 | 35 | 0.22% | +67% |
| Wine | 50,224 | 28 | 0.21% | −25% |
| Apples | 43,844 | 63 | 0.04% | −17% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 39,105 | 100 | 0.01% | +2.9% |
| Tomatoes | 36,364 | 105 | 0.02% | +12% |
| Oats | 36,010 | 41 | 0.16% | +57% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 33,340 | 15 | 0.98% | +12% |
| Onions, dry | 31,923 | 96 | 0.03% | +7.1% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 26,203 | 68 | 0.08% | −9.6% |
| Carrots and turnips | 25,623 | 78 | 0.06% | +50% |
| Raw sugar | 25,000 | 96 | 0.01% | +8.7% |
| Wool, greasy | 23,010 | 18 | 1.36% | −36% |
| Soya bean oil | 21,500 | 57 | 0.04% | +291% |
| Butter of cow milk | 21,123 | 42 | 0.35% | −32% |
| Sheep meat | 19,994 | 60 | 0.17% | −17% |
| Whey, dry | 16,866 | 22 | 0.51% | −27% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 13,632 | 80 | 0.03% | −2.6% |
| Skim milk and whey powder | 12,898 | 33 | 0.27% | −63% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 11,931 | 96 | 0.01% | −30% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 11,819 | 55 | 0.04% | −39% |
| Olives | 11,685 | 27 | 0.05% | +166% |
| Honey | 11,608 | 29 | 0.58% | −3.7% |
| Watermelons | 11,101 | 91 | 0.01% | +0.9% |
| Pears | 10,390 | 53 | 0.04% | −13% |
| Horse meat, fresh or chilled | 10,251 | 11 | 1.37% | +24% |
| Cheese from skimmed cow milk | 8,641 | 28 | 0.32% | −43% |
| Yoghurt | 8,217 | 32 | 0.16% | −54% |
| Oil of maize | 6,500 | 38 | 0.21% | +44% |
| Linseed | 5,426 | 17 | 0.18% | −3.1% |
| Other fruits, n.e.c. | 5,015 | 102 | 0.01% | +4.5% |
| Sunflower seed | 5,000 | 58 | 0.01% | — |
| Pig fat, rendered | 4,850 | 46 | 0.08% | +12% |
| Quinces | 4,710 | 14 | 0.68% | +70% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 4,582 | 51 | 0.23% | −17% |
| Molasses | 4,201 | 103 | 0.01% | +110% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 4,165 | 52 | 0.19% | −17% |
| Cabbages | 3,893 | 115 | 0.01% | +8.1% |
| Canary seed | 3,828 | 6 | 1.29% | +9.4% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 3,400 | 60 | 0.02% | +70% |
| Tobacco, unmanufactured | 3,350 | 55 | 0.06% | +6.3% |
| Beans, dry | 3,072 | 88 | 0.01% | −4.0% |
| Peas, dry | 2,772 | 66 | 0.02% | +2.7% |
| Melons | 2,454 | 76 | 0.01% | +4.3% |
| Plums | 2,213 | 68 | 0.02% | +0.7% |
| Olive oil | 2,047 | 25 | 0.08% | +296% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 1,912 | 44 | 0.29% | — |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 1,855 | 84 | 0% | +9.1% |
| Oil of linseed | 1,570 | 26 | 0.2% | −5.6% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 1,375 | 45 | 0.21% | −17% |
| Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen | 1,309 | 11 | 1.38% | +24% |
| Beeswax | 1,234 | 11 | 1.91% | +14% |
| Fat of pigs | 1,092 | 65 | 0.01% | −30% |
| Other beans, green | 1,089 | 81 | 0% | −1.0% |
| Green maize | 1,051 | 33 | 0.01% | −18% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 1,025 | 67 | 0.01% | −30% |
| Cream, fresh | 891 | 61 | 0.02% | −28% |
| Green garlic | 882 | 84 | 0% | −13% |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 674 | 64 | 0.01% | −13% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 672 | 53 | 0.01% | −6.7% |
| Ghee from cow milk | 644 | 22 | 0.1% | +2.2% |
| Game meat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 442 | 46 | 0.02% | −1.8% |
| Rabbit meat | 404 | 29 | 0.05% | +2.3% |
| Groundnut oil | 270 | 78 | 0% | −32% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 150 | 55 | 0.01% | −2.6% |
| Tea, packed | 88 | 97 | 0% | — |
Live animals, 2024
| Product | Head | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chickens | 46,951,000 | 63 | 0.17% | +147% |
| Cattle | 11,960,556 | 29 | 0.76% | +1.1% |
| Sheep | 5,654,270 | 49 | 0.41% | −24% |
| Bees | 644,912 | 21 | 0.63% | +11% |
| Horses | 410,347 | 23 | 0.73% | −0.6% |
| Pigs | 147,258 | 104 | 0.02% | −29% |
| Rabbits and hares | 67,000 | 34 | 0.03% | +12% |
| Goats | 18,520 | 146 | 0% | +6.4% |
| Mules and hinnies | 4,125 | 36 | 0.05% | +3.1% |
| Asses | 1,678 | 90 | 0% | +4.9% |
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.