Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 6,483 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 6,483 ha for pulses, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 7,410 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4,136 ha, in 1966.
Uruguay ranks 126th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,780 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,830 ha | +22.0% |
| 1963 | 5,830 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,950 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 5,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,136 ha | -30.5% |
| 1967 | 4,150 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 4,350 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 4,450 ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 5,309 ha | +19.3% |
| 1971 | 4,450 ha | -16.2% |
| 1972 | 4,590 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 5,030 ha | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 5,050 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 5,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 5,550 ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 5,610 ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 5,710 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 5,710 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,710 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,820 ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 5,920 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 5,920 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 6,020 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 6,020 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,120 ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 6,320 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 6,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 1989 | 6,220 ha | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 6,502 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 6,114 ha | -6.0% |
| 1992 | 6,337 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 6,451 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 6,458 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 6,494 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 6,566 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 6,584 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 6,595 ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 6,590 ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 6,850 ha | +3.9% |
| 2001 | 6,850 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6,990 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 7,080 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 6,960 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 7,086 ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 6,980 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 7,148 ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 7,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 7,410 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 7,240 ha | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 7,198 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 7,050 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 6,850 ha | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 6,710 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 6,701 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 6,681 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 6,674 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 6,602 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 6,500 ha | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 6,408 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 6,510 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 6,466 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 6,465 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 6,483 ha | +0.3% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 6,483 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,874 ha, 38% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 6,483 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,808 ha, 44% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | -30.5% | 5,950 ha | 4,136 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,047 ha | 4,136 ha | 5,950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,211 ha | 4,450 ha | 5,710 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,007 ha | 5,710 ha | 6,320 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,469 ha | 6,114 ha | 6,595 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,065 ha | 6,850 ha | 7,410 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,821 ha | 6,500 ha | 7,240 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,466 ha | 6,408 ha | 6,510 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Uruguay was 6,483 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 7,410 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,136 ha in 1966.
- How does Uruguay rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 126th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.