Beans, dry — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 4,836 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — area harvested in Uruguay is 4,836 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 5,650 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3,165 ha, in 1966.
Uruguay ranks 82nd of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,165 ha | -36.7% |
| 1967 | 3,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 3,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 4,364 ha | +24.7% |
| 1971 | 3,500 ha | -19.8% |
| 1972 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 4,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 4,700 ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 4,900 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 5,176 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 4,700 ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 4,900 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 4,998 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 5,027 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 5,100 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 5,104 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 5,145 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 5,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 5,350 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 5,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 5,350 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 5,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 5,350 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 5,500 ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 5,650 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5,572 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 5,549 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 5,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 5,200 ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 5,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 5,059 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 5,042 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 5,037 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 4,964 ha | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 4,860 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 4,762 ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 4,862 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 4,828 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 4,817 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 4,836 ha | +0.4% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 4,836 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,547 ha, 1.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 4,836 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 34,416 ha, 14% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | -36.7% | 5,000 ha | 3,165 ha |
| 1962 | +25.0% | 4,000 ha | 5,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,141 ha | 3,165 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,126 ha | 3,500 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,700 ha | 4,500 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,035 ha | 4,700 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,410 ha | 5,200 ha | 5,650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,188 ha | 4,860 ha | 5,572 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,821 ha | 4,762 ha | 4,862 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 79 China, Taiwan Province of 5,507 ha compare
- 80 Congo 5,396 ha compare
- 81 North Macedonia 5,105 ha compare
- 83 France 4,577 ha compare
- 84 Russian Federation 4,394 ha compare
- 85 Republic of Korea 4,191 ha compare
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 beans, dry — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Uruguay was 4,836 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 5,650 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,165 ha in 1966.
- How does Uruguay rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 82nd out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. 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 Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.