Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 123,785 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — area harvested in Uruguay is 123,785 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 34.1% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 284,480 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 38,927 ha, in 2003.
Uruguay ranks 72nd of 167 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.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 284,480 ha | — |
| 1962 | 267,270 ha | -6.0% |
| 1963 | 236,200 ha | -11.6% |
| 1964 | 167,200 ha | -29.2% |
| 1965 | 191,500 ha | +14.5% |
| 1966 | 230,513 ha | +20.4% |
| 1967 | 226,083 ha | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 161,600 ha | -28.5% |
| 1969 | 174,790 ha | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 227,048 ha | +29.9% |
| 1971 | 180,200 ha | -20.6% |
| 1972 | 181,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 225,800 ha | +24.8% |
| 1974 | 192,627 ha | -14.7% |
| 1975 | 152,892 ha | -20.6% |
| 1976 | 172,380 ha | +12.7% |
| 1977 | 138,033 ha | -19.9% |
| 1978 | 163,196 ha | +18.2% |
| 1979 | 93,602 ha | -42.6% |
| 1980 | 131,923 ha | +40.9% |
| 1981 | 146,202 ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 94,948 ha | -35.1% |
| 1983 | 93,094 ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 83,191 ha | -10.6% |
| 1985 | 89,491 ha | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 76,262 ha | -14.8% |
| 1987 | 87,510 ha | +14.7% |
| 1988 | 74,328 ha | -15.1% |
| 1989 | 48,994 ha | -34.1% |
| 1990 | 60,677 ha | +23.8% |
| 1991 | 75,000 ha | +23.6% |
| 1992 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 70,500 ha | -11.9% |
| 1994 | 55,100 ha | -21.8% |
| 1995 | 47,700 ha | -13.4% |
| 1996 | 59,000 ha | +23.7% |
| 1997 | 61,300 ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 60,300 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 59,300 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 42,300 ha | -28.7% |
| 2001 | 57,200 ha | +35.2% |
| 2002 | 48,700 ha | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 38,927 ha | -20.1% |
| 2004 | 44,923 ha | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 60,600 ha | +34.9% |
| 2006 | 49,000 ha | -19.1% |
| 2007 | 58,700 ha | +19.8% |
| 2008 | 80,600 ha | +37.3% |
| 2009 | 87,500 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 96,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 80,900 ha | -15.7% |
| 2012 | 123,900 ha | +53.2% |
| 2013 | 123,000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 131,100 ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 83,000 ha | -36.7% |
| 2016 | 83,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 66,000 ha | -20.5% |
| 2018 | 71,200 ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 107,000 ha | +50.3% |
| 2020 | 116,700 ha | +9.1% |
| 2021 | 142,000 ha | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 152,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 187,900 ha | +23.3% |
| 2024 | 123,785 ha | -34.1% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 123,785 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 14,949 ha, 8.3× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 123,785 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47,716 ha, 2.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 215,515 ha | 161,600 ha | 284,480 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 172,678 ha | 93,602 ha | 227,048 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 92,594 ha | 48,994 ha | 146,202 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 62,888 ha | 47,700 ha | 80,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 56,845 ha | 38,927 ha | 87,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 96,510 ha | 66,000 ha | 131,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 144,557 ha | 116,700 ha | 187,900 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 69 Slovakia 147,280 ha compare
- 70 Madagascar 144,592 ha compare
- 71 Afghanistan 135,000 ha compare
- 73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 121,966 ha compare
- 74 Cuba 115,000 ha compare
- 75 Kyrgyzstan 109,937 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Uruguay was 123,785 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 284,480 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,927 ha in 2003.
- How does Uruguay rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 72nd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.