Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 7,590 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Uruguay stood at 7,590 ha.
The figure is up 6.9% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 37,610 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 2,800 ha, in 1999.
That places Uruguay 97th out of 155 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.
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,311 ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,139 ha | +39.2% |
| 1963 | 16,400 ha | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 18,062 ha | +10.1% |
| 1965 | 20,553 ha | +13.8% |
| 1966 | 19,850 ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 16,508 ha | -16.8% |
| 1968 | 18,086 ha | +9.6% |
| 1969 | 20,444 ha | +13.0% |
| 1970 | 13,925 ha | -31.9% |
| 1971 | 19,086 ha | +37.1% |
| 1972 | 22,594 ha | +18.4% |
| 1973 | 22,187 ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 20,792 ha | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 30,405 ha | +46.2% |
| 1976 | 37,610 ha | +23.7% |
| 1977 | 31,159 ha | -17.2% |
| 1978 | 28,446 ha | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 27,219 ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 22,818 ha | -16.2% |
| 1981 | 20,209 ha | -11.4% |
| 1982 | 20,234 ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 22,466 ha | +11.0% |
| 1984 | 19,900 ha | -11.4% |
| 1985 | 17,812 ha | -10.5% |
| 1986 | 19,272 ha | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 18,455 ha | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 16,291 ha | -11.7% |
| 1989 | 14,082 ha | -13.6% |
| 1990 | 14,454 ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 13,950 ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 14,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 7,400 ha | -47.9% |
| 1994 | 3,800 ha | -48.6% |
| 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 below the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 84% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 7,590 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26,844 ha, 28% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,706 ha | 12,311 ha | 20,553 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,342 ha | 13,925 ha | 37,610 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,154 ha | 14,082 ha | 22,818 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,046 ha | 2,800 ha | 14,454 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 crops primary — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Sugar crops primary — 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 crops primary — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 37,610 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,800 ha in 1999.
- How does Uruguay rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 97th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — 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 volatile.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar Crops Primary — 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.