Sugar cane — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sugar cane — Area harvested was 7,590 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 7,590 ha for sugar cane — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 6.9% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 11,054 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 2,498 ha, in 1969.
That places Uruguay 62nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sugar cane — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,747 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1963 | 5,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,733 ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 4,897 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 2,530 ha | -48.3% |
| 1968 | 2,700 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 2,498 ha | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 4,273 ha | +71.1% |
| 1971 | 5,025 ha | +17.6% |
| 1972 | 6,848 ha | +36.3% |
| 1973 | 7,306 ha | +6.7% |
| 1974 | 6,869 ha | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 8,275 ha | +20.5% |
| 1976 | 10,010 ha | +21.0% |
| 1977 | 11,054 ha | +10.4% |
| 1978 | 10,253 ha | -7.2% |
| 1979 | 10,290 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 9,141 ha | -11.2% |
| 1981 | 10,049 ha | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 10,155 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 9,904 ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 10,375 ha | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 10,503 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 10,311 ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 9,890 ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 9,841 ha | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 10,200 ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 10,256 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 10,800 ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 9,500 ha | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 6,600 ha | -30.5% |
| 1994 | 3,800 ha | -42.4% |
| 1995 | 3,700 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,356 ha | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 3,100 ha | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 2,800 ha | -9.7% |
| 2000 | 2,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2,900 ha | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 3,100 ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 2,870 ha | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 3,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 2005 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,961 ha | -10.3% |
| 2007 | 5,188 ha | +75.2% |
| 2008 | 6,038 ha | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 5,815 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 6,500 ha | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 8,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 2012 | 6,600 ha | -17.5% |
| 2013 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7,800 ha | +18.2% |
| 2015 | 7,100 ha | -9.0% |
| 2016 | 7,600 ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 6,200 ha | -18.4% |
| 2018 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 6,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 6,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 6,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 7,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 7,590 ha | +6.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 7,590 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,000 ha, 3.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 7,590 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,500 ha, 25% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +75.2% | 2,961 ha | 5,188 ha |
| 1970 | +71.1% | 2,498 ha | 4,273 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,901 ha | 2,498 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,020 ha | 4,273 ha | 11,054 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,037 ha | 9,141 ha | 10,503 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,761 ha | 2,800 ha | 10,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,827 ha | 2,800 ha | 6,038 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,910 ha | 6,200 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,978 ha | 6,600 ha | 7,590 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 sugar cane — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Sugar cane — area harvested in Uruguay was 7,590 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 11,054 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,498 ha in 1969.
- How does Uruguay rank for sugar cane — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 62nd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar cane — 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.