Barley — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Barley — Area harvested was 208,059 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Barley — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 208,059 ha for barley — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 189.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 224,300 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 19,934 ha, in 1965.
That places Uruguay 35th out of 105 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Barley — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,535 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,180 ha | -11.8% |
| 1963 | 46,810 ha | +16.5% |
| 1964 | 39,285 ha | -16.1% |
| 1965 | 19,934 ha | -49.3% |
| 1966 | 42,420 ha | +112.8% |
| 1967 | 29,800 ha | -29.8% |
| 1968 | 39,560 ha | +32.8% |
| 1969 | 33,024 ha | -16.5% |
| 1970 | 41,445 ha | +25.5% |
| 1971 | 51,970 ha | +25.4% |
| 1972 | 31,450 ha | -39.5% |
| 1973 | 34,633 ha | +10.1% |
| 1974 | 22,108 ha | -36.2% |
| 1975 | 44,430 ha | +101.0% |
| 1976 | 38,437 ha | -13.5% |
| 1977 | 43,078 ha | +12.1% |
| 1978 | 57,010 ha | +32.3% |
| 1979 | 44,748 ha | -21.5% |
| 1980 | 36,418 ha | -18.6% |
| 1981 | 62,612 ha | +71.9% |
| 1982 | 25,866 ha | -58.7% |
| 1983 | 50,541 ha | +95.4% |
| 1984 | 67,597 ha | +33.7% |
| 1985 | 64,352 ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 50,521 ha | -21.5% |
| 1987 | 61,465 ha | +21.7% |
| 1988 | 82,650 ha | +34.5% |
| 1989 | 90,644 ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 71,000 ha | -21.7% |
| 1991 | 82,700 ha | +16.5% |
| 1992 | 124,800 ha | +50.9% |
| 1993 | 88,300 ha | -29.2% |
| 1994 | 73,200 ha | -17.1% |
| 1995 | 130,900 ha | +78.8% |
| 1996 | 146,100 ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 118,900 ha | -18.6% |
| 1998 | 72,800 ha | -38.8% |
| 1999 | 54,900 ha | -24.6% |
| 2000 | 88,600 ha | +61.4% |
| 2001 | 129,000 ha | +45.6% |
| 2002 | 102,800 ha | -20.3% |
| 2003 | 117,700 ha | +14.5% |
| 2004 | 136,600 ha | +16.1% |
| 2005 | 78,100 ha | -42.8% |
| 2006 | 127,500 ha | +63.3% |
| 2007 | 138,200 ha | +8.4% |
| 2008 | 129,900 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 140,573 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 61,900 ha | -56.0% |
| 2011 | 104,600 ha | +69.0% |
| 2012 | 117,300 ha | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 99,500 ha | -15.2% |
| 2014 | 71,900 ha | -27.7% |
| 2015 | 99,500 ha | +38.4% |
| 2016 | 92,700 ha | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 190,000 ha | +105.0% |
| 2018 | 153,000 ha | -19.5% |
| 2019 | 167,300 ha | +9.3% |
| 2020 | 164,900 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 185,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 224,300 ha | +20.9% |
| 2023 | 211,000 ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 208,059 ha | -1.4% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 208,059 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 1.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 208,059 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 117,088 ha, 1.8× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,394 ha | 19,934 ha | 46,810 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40,931 ha | 22,108 ha | 57,010 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 59,267 ha | 25,866 ha | 90,644 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,360 ha | 54,900 ha | 146,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 118,897 ha | 78,100 ha | 140,573 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 115,770 ha | 61,900 ha | 190,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 198,752 ha | 164,900 ha | 224,300 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 barley — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Barley — area harvested in Uruguay was 208,059 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 224,300 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,934 ha in 1965.
- How does Uruguay rank for barley — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 35th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 189.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — 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.