Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 152 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 152 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 1,850 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 2013.
Uruguay ranks 40th of 53 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,157 ha | +15.7% |
| 1967 | 1,200 ha | +3.7% |
| 1968 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 1,508 ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 1,500 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 1,530 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 1,550 ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 1,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,570 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 1,600 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 1,850 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 1,700 ha | -8.1% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 1,600 ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 1,609 ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 1,650 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 1,400 ha | -17.6% |
| 1995 | 1,275 ha | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 1,186 ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 1,116 ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 1,026 ha | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 1,044 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 1,800 ha | +72.4% |
| 2001 | 1,200 ha | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 489 ha | -59.2% |
| 2003 | 279 ha | -42.9% |
| 2004 | 300 ha | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 227 ha | -24.3% |
| 2006 | 350 ha | +54.2% |
| 2007 | 140 ha | -60.0% |
| 2008 | 327 ha | +133.6% |
| 2009 | 121 ha | -63.0% |
| 2010 | 140 ha | +15.7% |
| 2011 | 126 ha | -10.0% |
| 2012 | 78 ha | -38.1% |
| 2013 | 50 ha | -35.9% |
| 2014 | 134 ha | +168.0% |
| 2015 | 197 ha | +47.0% |
| 2016 | 127 ha | -35.5% |
| 2017 | 153 ha | +20.5% |
| 2018 | 159 ha | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 146 ha | -8.2% |
| 2020 | 153 ha | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 153 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 150 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 152 ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 152 ha | +0.0% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 152 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 16% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 152 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 419 ha, 36% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Green corn (maize) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +168.0% | 50 ha | 134 ha |
| 2008 | +133.6% | 140 ha | 327 ha |
| 2000 | +72.4% | 1,044 ha | 1,800 ha |
| 2009 | -63.0% | 327 ha | 121 ha |
| 2007 | -60.0% | 350 ha | 140 ha |
| 2002 | -59.2% | 1,200 ha | 489 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,117 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,581 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,735 ha | 1,700 ha | 1,850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,361 ha | 1,026 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 523.3 ha | 121 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 131 ha | 50 ha | 197 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 152 ha | 150 ha | 153 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 37 Switzerland 386 ha compare
- 38 Panama 215 ha compare
- 39 Barbados 168 ha compare
- 41 Brunei Darussalam 122 ha compare
- 42 Bosnia and Herzegovina 121 ha compare
- 43 Mauritius 108 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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Uruguay was 152 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1,850 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 2013.
- How does Uruguay rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 40th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.4%. 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 Green corn (maize) — 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.