Apples — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Apples — Area harvested was 2,297 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 2,297 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 4,209 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 1,549 ha, in 1993.
Uruguay ranks 67th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1986 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,846 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 1,894 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 1,569 ha | -17.2% |
| 1993 | 1,549 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 2,300 ha | +48.5% |
| 1995 | 2,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1996 | 3,200 ha | +60.0% |
| 1997 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 2,800 ha | -15.2% |
| 1999 | 4,209 ha | +50.3% |
| 2000 | 4,062 ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 3,700 ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 3,494 ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 3,595 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 3,595 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,822 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 3,885 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 3,855 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 3,935 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 3,328 ha | -15.4% |
| 2010 | 3,342 ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 3,222 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 3,347 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 3,268 ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 2,758 ha | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 2,703 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 2,677 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,768 ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 2,646 ha | -4.4% |
| 2019 | 2,275 ha | -14.0% |
| 2020 | 2,241 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 2,084 ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 1,987 ha | -4.7% |
| 2023 | 2,314 ha | +16.5% |
| 2024 | 2,297 ha | -0.7% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 2,297 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 51% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 2,297 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,827 ha, 1.3× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +60.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,200 ha |
| 1999 | +50.3% | 2,800 ha | 4,209 ha |
| 1994 | +48.5% | 1,549 ha | 2,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,800 ha | 1,800 ha | 1,800 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 2,467 ha | 1,549 ha | 4,209 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,727 ha | 3,328 ha | 4,062 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,901 ha | 2,275 ha | 3,347 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,185 ha | 1,987 ha | 2,314 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 apples — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Apples — area harvested in Uruguay was 2,297 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4,209 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,549 ha in 1993.
- How does Uruguay rank for apples — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 67th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.