Oats — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Oats — Area harvested was 16,161 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — area harvested in Uruguay is 16,161 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 19.7% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 102,263 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 11,683 ha, in 2000.
Uruguay ranks 46th of 79 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.
Oats — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 86,260 ha | — |
| 1962 | 80,650 ha | -6.5% |
| 1963 | 85,300 ha | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 81,400 ha | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 102,263 ha | +25.6% |
| 1966 | 91,730 ha | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 54,150 ha | -41.0% |
| 1968 | 89,200 ha | +64.7% |
| 1969 | 66,596 ha | -25.3% |
| 1970 | 82,950 ha | +24.6% |
| 1971 | 69,050 ha | -16.8% |
| 1972 | 65,100 ha | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 78,141 ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 61,349 ha | -21.5% |
| 1975 | 83,747 ha | +36.5% |
| 1976 | 57,721 ha | -31.1% |
| 1977 | 30,446 ha | -47.3% |
| 1978 | 34,406 ha | +13.0% |
| 1979 | 59,363 ha | +72.5% |
| 1980 | 36,879 ha | -37.9% |
| 1981 | 25,289 ha | -31.4% |
| 1982 | 35,834 ha | +41.7% |
| 1983 | 53,514 ha | +49.3% |
| 1984 | 49,501 ha | -7.5% |
| 1985 | 32,976 ha | -33.4% |
| 1986 | 42,095 ha | +27.7% |
| 1987 | 57,881 ha | +37.5% |
| 1988 | 51,630 ha | -10.8% |
| 1989 | 64,968 ha | +25.8% |
| 1990 | 50,972 ha | -21.5% |
| 1991 | 35,069 ha | -31.2% |
| 1992 | 39,015 ha | +11.3% |
| 1993 | 48,743 ha | +24.9% |
| 1994 | 32,088 ha | -34.2% |
| 1995 | 28,998 ha | -9.6% |
| 1996 | 36,536 ha | +26.0% |
| 1997 | 37,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 45,000 ha | +21.6% |
| 1999 | 12,000 ha | -73.3% |
| 2000 | 11,683 ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 11,748 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 12,600 ha | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 22,067 ha | +75.1% |
| 2004 | 18,200 ha | -17.5% |
| 2005 | 18,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 27,500 ha | +52.8% |
| 2007 | 13,900 ha | -49.5% |
| 2008 | 15,100 ha | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 31,497 ha | +108.6% |
| 2010 | 22,300 ha | -29.2% |
| 2011 | 22,861 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 23,203 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 34,100 ha | +47.0% |
| 2014 | 14,000 ha | -58.9% |
| 2015 | 42,000 ha | +200.0% |
| 2016 | 22,100 ha | -47.4% |
| 2017 | 19,000 ha | -14.0% |
| 2018 | 25,700 ha | +35.3% |
| 2019 | 15,589 ha | -39.3% |
| 2020 | 20,737 ha | +33.0% |
| 2021 | 14,500 ha | -30.1% |
| 2022 | 14,100 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 13,500 ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 16,161 ha | +19.7% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 16,161 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 33% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 16,161 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 27,160 ha, 60% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 81,950 ha | 54,150 ha | 102,263 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 62,227 ha | 30,446 ha | 83,747 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,057 ha | 25,289 ha | 64,968 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,542 ha | 12,000 ha | 50,972 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,230 ha | 11,683 ha | 31,497 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,085 ha | 14,000 ha | 42,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,800 ha | 13,500 ha | 20,737 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 oats — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Oats — area harvested in Uruguay was 16,161 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 102,263 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,683 ha in 2000.
- How does Uruguay rank for oats — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 46th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. 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 Oats — 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.