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South America > Uruguay > Agriculture

URUGUAYAN AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 124 [36th of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 85.45 % of land area Time series [2nd of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 149,550 sq. km Time series [57th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 33,000 Time series [64th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 1,340 thousand hectares [99th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 7.83 % of land area Time series [118th of 199]
Arable land > hectares 1,370,000 hectares Time series [97th of 199]
Cereal production 124 thousand metric tons [36th of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 4,213.2 kg/ha Time series [30th of 171]
Cotton exports 0 thousand bales [89th of 109]
Cotton production 0 [94th of 109]
Fertilizer use 94.9 kg [45th of 138]
Food production index 115.5 % Time series [31st of 182]
Labor share 12.5% [103rd of 149]
Meat production 574 thousand metric tons [49th of 149]
Pesticide use 2.7 kg [9th of 45]
Products
rice, wheat, soybeans, barley; livestock, beef; fish; forestry
Tractor concentration 24.6 [39th of 147]
Tractors 33,000 [60th of 147]
value added > annual % growth 3.17 % Time series [62nd of 164]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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