Soya beans — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Soya beans — Area harvested was 950,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 950,000 ha for soya beans — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.9% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 1.33 million ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1961.
Uruguay ranks 12th of 107 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +350.0% |
| 1974 | 6,900 ha | +53.3% |
| 1975 | 9,600 ha | +39.1% |
| 1976 | 20,000 ha | +108.3% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | -50.0% |
| 1978 | 22,000 ha | +120.0% |
| 1979 | 50,824 ha | +131.0% |
| 1980 | 40,445 ha | -20.4% |
| 1981 | 33,995 ha | -15.9% |
| 1982 | 20,800 ha | -38.8% |
| 1983 | 8,861 ha | -57.4% |
| 1984 | 8,280 ha | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 14,810 ha | +78.9% |
| 1986 | 20,090 ha | +35.7% |
| 1987 | 36,500 ha | +81.7% |
| 1988 | 42,300 ha | +15.9% |
| 1989 | 55,000 ha | +30.0% |
| 1990 | 28,500 ha | -48.2% |
| 1991 | 9,000 ha | -68.4% |
| 1992 | 8,800 ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 10,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1994 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 8,500 ha | -22.7% |
| 1996 | 7,600 ha | -10.6% |
| 1997 | 7,500 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 9,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8,900 ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 12,000 ha | +34.8% |
| 2002 | 28,900 ha | +140.8% |
| 2003 | 78,900 ha | +173.0% |
| 2004 | 247,000 ha | +213.1% |
| 2005 | 278,000 ha | +12.6% |
| 2006 | 309,100 ha | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 366,535 ha | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 461,900 ha | +26.0% |
| 2009 | 577,800 ha | +25.1% |
| 2010 | 848,800 ha | +46.9% |
| 2011 | 862,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 883,700 ha | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 1.05 million ha | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 1.32 million ha | +25.8% |
| 2015 | 1.33 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.14 million ha | -14.5% |
| 2017 | 1.09 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 1.10 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 966,000 ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 916,800 ha | -5.1% |
| 2021 | 907,900 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 991,900 ha | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 1.01 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 950,000 ha | -5.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 950,000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,120 ha, 304.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 950,000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,155 ha, 93.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +350.0% | 1,000 ha | 4,500 ha |
| 2004 | +213.1% | 78,900 ha | 247,000 ha |
| 2003 | +173.0% | 28,900 ha | 78,900 ha |
| 2002 | +140.8% | 12,000 ha | 28,900 ha |
| 1979 | +131.0% | 22,000 ha | 50,824 ha |
| 1978 | +120.0% | 10,000 ha | 22,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,682 ha | 1,000 ha | 50,824 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,108 ha | 8,280 ha | 55,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,890 ha | 7,500 ha | 28,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 236,904 ha | 8,900 ha | 577,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 million ha | 848,800 ha | 1.33 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 955,300 ha | 907,900 ha | 1.01 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 9 Canada 2.29 million ha compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 35,723 ha compare
- 10 South Africa 1.15 million ha compare
- 10 Viet Nam 28,352 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 1.13 million ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 25,879 ha compare
- 13 USSR 808,000 ha compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,867 ha compare
- 14 Benin 638,098 ha compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3,042 ha compare
- 15 Italy 336,740 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 1,750 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 soya beans — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Uruguay was 950,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.33 million ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Uruguay rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 12th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. 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 Soya beans — 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.