Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 11,316 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Uruguay is 11,316 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 6.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 41,910 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 11,316 ha, in 2024.
That places Uruguay 123rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 34,879 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,990 ha | -5.4% |
| 1963 | 38,600 ha | +17.0% |
| 1964 | 40,570 ha | +5.1% |
| 1965 | 41,910 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 39,086 ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 35,180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 25,915 ha | -26.3% |
| 1969 | 35,274 ha | +36.1% |
| 1970 | 35,060 ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 36,938 ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 36,142 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 38,020 ha | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 40,181 ha | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 39,750 ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 40,848 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 38,470 ha | -5.8% |
| 1978 | 34,495 ha | -10.3% |
| 1979 | 36,100 ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 34,988 ha | -3.1% |
| 1981 | 36,280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 36,080 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 33,690 ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 33,540 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 36,775 ha | +9.6% |
| 1986 | 32,480 ha | -11.7% |
| 1987 | 30,150 ha | -7.2% |
| 1988 | 34,335 ha | +13.9% |
| 1989 | 29,950 ha | -12.8% |
| 1990 | 22,686 ha | -24.3% |
| 1991 | 34,300 ha | +51.2% |
| 1992 | 24,175 ha | -29.5% |
| 1993 | 23,543 ha | -2.6% |
| 1994 | 18,400 ha | -21.8% |
| 1995 | 17,200 ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 17,150 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 13,589 ha | -20.8% |
| 1998 | 14,701 ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | 15,726 ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 14,950 ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 14,569 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 17,263 ha | +18.5% |
| 2003 | 17,180 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 15,227 ha | -11.4% |
| 2005 | 15,326 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 15,969 ha | +4.2% |
| 2007 | 15,425 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 13,894 ha | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 13,953 ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 13,407 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 12,876 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 12,957 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 12,167 ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 12,141 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 12,484 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 12,993 ha | +4.1% |
| 2017 | 13,075 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 12,485 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 12,664 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 12,054 ha | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 12,253 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 12,320 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 11,451 ha | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 11,316 ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,045 ha | 25,915 ha | 41,910 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,600 ha | 34,495 ha | 40,848 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,827 ha | 29,950 ha | 36,775 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,147 ha | 13,589 ha | 34,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,376 ha | 13,894 ha | 17,263 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,725 ha | 12,141 ha | 13,407 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,879 ha | 11,316 ha | 12,320 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 120 North Macedonia 12,094 ha compare
- 121 Norway 11,887 ha compare
- 122 New Zealand 11,571 ha compare
- 124 Somalia 11,220 ha compare
- 125 Honduras 11,065 ha compare
- 126 Switzerland 10,685 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Uruguay was 11,316 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 41,910 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,316 ha in 2024.
- How does Uruguay rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 123rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, 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.