Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 14,453 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 14,453 ha for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.4% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 29,598 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 12,978 ha, in 2023.
That places Uruguay 53rd out of 156 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 16,320 ha | — |
| 1986 | 17,120 ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 17,520 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 17,120 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 16,420 ha | -4.1% |
| 1990 | 19,625 ha | +19.5% |
| 1991 | 21,172 ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 21,947 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 21,350 ha | -2.7% |
| 1994 | 21,414 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 19,815 ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 21,064 ha | +6.3% |
| 1997 | 26,585 ha | +26.2% |
| 1998 | 29,598 ha | +11.3% |
| 1999 | 22,950 ha | -22.5% |
| 2000 | 17,250 ha | -24.8% |
| 2001 | 26,050 ha | +51.0% |
| 2002 | 19,187 ha | -26.3% |
| 2003 | 19,150 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 18,964 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 22,180 ha | +17.0% |
| 2006 | 14,696 ha | -33.7% |
| 2007 | 16,352 ha | +11.3% |
| 2008 | 16,146 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 13,365 ha | -17.2% |
| 2010 | 17,019 ha | +27.3% |
| 2011 | 14,574 ha | -14.4% |
| 2012 | 13,890 ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 16,174 ha | +16.4% |
| 2014 | 15,340 ha | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 15,101 ha | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 14,848 ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 14,464 ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 13,929 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 14,108 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 14,587 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 14,392 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 14,503 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 12,978 ha | -10.5% |
| 2024 | 14,453 ha | +11.4% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 14,453 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 285.5 ha, 50.6× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 14,453 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 11,392 ha, 1.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 16,900 ha | 16,320 ha | 17,520 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 22,552 ha | 19,625 ha | 29,598 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,334 ha | 13,365 ha | 26,050 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,945 ha | 13,890 ha | 17,019 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,183 ha | 12,978 ha | 14,587 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 citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Uruguay was 14,453 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 29,598 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,978 ha in 2023.
- How does Uruguay rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 53rd out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.