Sorghum — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sorghum — Area harvested was 19,945 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Uruguay is 19,945 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 27.2% on the previous year and down 73.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 112,775 ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 5 ha, in 1961.
That places Uruguay 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sorghum — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10 ha | +100.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +2900.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 ha | +900.0% |
| 1965 | 32,331 ha | +977.7% |
| 1966 | 37,104 ha | +14.8% |
| 1967 | 31,780 ha | -14.3% |
| 1968 | 38,110 ha | +19.9% |
| 1969 | 40,650 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 31,617 ha | -22.2% |
| 1971 | 54,000 ha | +70.8% |
| 1972 | 42,180 ha | -21.9% |
| 1973 | 112,775 ha | +167.4% |
| 1974 | 100,247 ha | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 53,842 ha | -46.3% |
| 1976 | 54,053 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 94,929 ha | +75.6% |
| 1978 | 89,234 ha | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 43,589 ha | -51.2% |
| 1980 | 49,887 ha | +14.4% |
| 1981 | 73,762 ha | +47.9% |
| 1982 | 56,518 ha | -23.4% |
| 1983 | 55,856 ha | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 46,529 ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 72,881 ha | +56.6% |
| 1986 | 40,061 ha | -45.0% |
| 1987 | 30,623 ha | -23.6% |
| 1988 | 44,783 ha | +46.2% |
| 1989 | 38,112 ha | -14.9% |
| 1990 | 26,182 ha | -31.3% |
| 1991 | 29,100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 48,100 ha | +65.3% |
| 1993 | 41,500 ha | -13.7% |
| 1994 | 23,574 ha | -43.2% |
| 1995 | 43,600 ha | +84.9% |
| 1996 | 30,305 ha | -30.5% |
| 1997 | 38,800 ha | +28.0% |
| 1998 | 27,100 ha | -30.2% |
| 1999 | 29,700 ha | +9.6% |
| 2000 | 12,400 ha | -58.2% |
| 2001 | 35,100 ha | +183.1% |
| 2002 | 19,300 ha | -45.0% |
| 2003 | 14,829 ha | -23.2% |
| 2004 | 17,978 ha | +21.2% |
| 2005 | 19,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 15,800 ha | -16.8% |
| 2007 | 42,833 ha | +171.1% |
| 2008 | 37,700 ha | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 68,100 ha | +80.6% |
| 2010 | 35,300 ha | -48.2% |
| 2011 | 31,400 ha | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 88,000 ha | +180.3% |
| 2013 | 49,000 ha | -44.3% |
| 2014 | 75,400 ha | +53.9% |
| 2015 | 81,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 67,000 ha | -17.3% |
| 2017 | 47,000 ha | -29.9% |
| 2018 | 28,800 ha | -38.7% |
| 2019 | 32,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 22,000 ha | -31.2% |
| 2021 | 27,700 ha | +25.9% |
| 2022 | 19,400 ha | -30.0% |
| 2023 | 27,400 ha | +41.2% |
| 2024 | 19,945 ha | -27.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 19,945 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,063 ha, 18.8× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 19,945 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15,758 ha, 1.3× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +2900.0% | 10 ha | 300 ha |
| 1965 | +977.7% | 3,000 ha | 32,331 ha |
| 1964 | +900.0% | 300 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,366 ha | 5 ha | 40,650 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 67,647 ha | 31,617 ha | 112,775 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,901 ha | 30,623 ha | 73,762 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,796 ha | 23,574 ha | 48,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,304 ha | 12,400 ha | 68,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 53,490 ha | 28,800 ha | 88,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,289 ha | 19,400 ha | 27,700 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 sorghum — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Uruguay was 19,945 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 112,775 ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 5 ha in 1961.
- How does Uruguay rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 57th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.5%. 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 Sorghum — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.