Wood charcoal production fell 0.200% to 118,030 kt in Uruguay in 2018, according to Faostat.
Historically, wood charcoal production in Uruguay reached an all time high of 118,478 kt in 2010 and an all time low of 100,616 kt in 1980. When compared to Uruguay's main peers, wood charcoal production in Argentina amounted to 397,321 kt, 6,397,000 kt in Brazil, 241,838 kt in Chile and 430,000 kt in Paraguay in 2018.
Uruguay has been ranked 55th within the group of 149 countries we follow in terms of wood charcoal production, 7 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Wood Charcoal Production | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Argentina | kt | 386,300 | 420,000 | 399,000 | 397,321 | 397,321 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | kt | 36,000 | 36,000 | 36,000 | 36,000 | 36,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | kt | 7,240,000 | 6,183,000 | 5,502,000 | 5,525,000 | 6,430,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | kt | 245,909 | 245,266 | 244,118 | 242,975 | 241,838 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | kt | 454,000 | 430,000 | 430,000 | 430,000 | 430,000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | kt | 59,065 | 20,257 | 50,774 | 29,782 | 31,033 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | kt | 118,403 | 118,385 | 118,266 | 118,266 | 118,030 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | kt | 5,000 | 5,000 | 5,000 | 10,000 | 25,000 |
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