Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 1.08 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Uruguay stood at 1.08 million ha.
The figure is down 21.4% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 1.38 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 61,611 ha, in 1983.
That places Uruguay 43rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 | 242,882 ha | 164,957 ha | 313,003 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 196,302 ha | 144,465 ha | 273,524 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,672 ha | 61,611 ha | 183,736 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,248 ha | 72,636 ha | 147,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 323,460 ha | 63,586 ha | 643,790 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.10 million ha | 870,351 ha | 1.37 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.13 million ha | 998,662 ha | 1.38 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 40 Hungary 1.11 million ha compare
- 41 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.10 million ha compare
- 42 Bulgaria 1.09 million ha compare
- 44 Ghana 1.04 million ha compare
- 45 Côte d'Ivoire 1.01 million ha compare
- 46 Uzbekistan 994,711 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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Uruguay was 1.08 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.38 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 61,611 ha in 1983.
- How does Uruguay rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 43rd out of 200 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.