Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 3,437 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 3,437 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 10,167 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 1,680 ha, in 1983.
That places Uruguay 66th out of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,131 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,167 ha | +42.6% |
| 1963 | 9,421 ha | -7.3% |
| 1964 | 7,598 ha | -19.4% |
| 1965 | 6,597 ha | -13.2% |
| 1966 | 3,032 ha | -54.0% |
| 1967 | 3,214 ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 2,564 ha | -20.2% |
| 1969 | 4,061 ha | +58.4% |
| 1970 | 3,496 ha | -13.9% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | -14.2% |
| 1972 | 3,475 ha | +15.8% |
| 1973 | 2,619 ha | -24.6% |
| 1974 | 2,930 ha | +11.9% |
| 1975 | 3,200 ha | +9.2% |
| 1976 | 4,097 ha | +28.0% |
| 1977 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,657 ha | -33.6% |
| 1979 | 2,145 ha | -19.3% |
| 1980 | 1,917 ha | -10.6% |
| 1981 | 1,828 ha | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 1,718 ha | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 1,680 ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 1,907 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 1,921 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 1,936 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 1,930 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,700 ha | -11.9% |
| 1996 | 2,100 ha | +23.5% |
| 1997 | 2,400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 2,800 ha | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 2,100 ha | -25.0% |
| 2000 | 1,700 ha | -19.0% |
| 2001 | 2,200 ha | +29.4% |
| 2002 | 2,250 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 2,250 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 2,100 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 2,250 ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 2,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 2,100 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 2,600 ha | +23.8% |
| 2010 | 2,895 ha | +11.3% |
| 2011 | 3,093 ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 3,600 ha | +16.4% |
| 2013 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 3,228 ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 3,243 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 3,317 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 3,343 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 3,379 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3,394 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 3,446 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 3,439 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,426 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,437 ha | +0.3% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 3,437 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 218.5 ha, 15.7× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 3,437 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,976 ha | 2,564 ha | 10,167 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,162 ha | 2,145 ha | 4,097 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,822 ha | 1,680 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,079 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,205 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,300 ha | 2,895 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,428 ha | 3,394 ha | 3,446 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 64 Republic of Korea 4,000 ha compare
- 65 Tajikistan 3,506 ha compare
- 67 Peru 3,327 ha compare
- 68 Eritrea 3,071 ha compare
- 69 Ecuador 2,944 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Uruguay was 3,437 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 10,167 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,680 ha in 1983.
- How does Uruguay rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 66th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.