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 45th of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
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
- 42 Switzerland 386 ha compare
- 43 Panama 215 ha compare
- 44 Barbados 168 ha compare
- 46 Brunei Darussalam 122 ha compare
- 47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 121 ha compare
- 48 Mauritius 108 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture share gdp 6.38 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.38 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 4.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 147,108 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.45 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 3,350 t (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 45th out of 60 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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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.