Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.0025 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
In 2024, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Uruguay stood at 0.0025 ha per person.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Uruguay peaked at 0.006 ha per person in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0.0014 ha per person, in 1990.
Uruguay ranks 21st of 99 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.006 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0052 ha per person | -14.0% |
| 1963 | 0.0059 ha per person | +14.6% |
| 1964 | 0.006 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 0.006 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 1966 | 0.005 ha per person | -16.2% |
| 1967 | 0.0048 ha per person | -4.9% |
| 1968 | 0.004 ha per person | -16.1% |
| 1969 | 0.0047 ha per person | +17.4% |
| 1970 | 0.0051 ha per person | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 0.0046 ha per person | -9.3% |
| 1972 | 0.0046 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 0.0048 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 0.005 ha per person | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0049 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0052 ha per person | +6.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0052 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0051 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 0.0051 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0051 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 0.0051 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.005 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 0.005 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 0.005 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.005 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 0.0049 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 0.0049 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 0.0049 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 0.0049 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.0014 ha per person | -70.9% |
| 1991 | 0.0048 ha per person | +240.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0023 ha per person | -51.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0018 ha per person | -21.9% |
| 1994 | 0.0019 ha per person | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0018 ha per person | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0019 ha per person | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0017 ha per person | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0017 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0018 ha per person | +8.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0019 ha per person | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 0.0019 ha per person | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0019 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 0.002 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 0.002 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 0.0021 ha per person | +6.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0022 ha per person | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 0.0023 ha per person | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0023 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0023 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0023 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0023 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0024 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0025 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0024 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0024 ha per person | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0025 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0025 ha per person | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0025 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.0025 ha per person | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0025 ha per person | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0025 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0025 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0025 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.0025 ha per person | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +240.0% | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0048 ha per person |
| 1990 | -70.9% | 0.0049 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person |
| 1992 | -51.1% | 0.0048 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0053 ha per person | 0.004 ha per person | 0.006 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0049 ha per person | 0.0046 ha per person | 0.0052 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.005 ha per person | 0.0049 ha per person | 0.0051 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.0014 ha per person | 0.0048 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0021 ha per person | 0.0019 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0024 ha per person | 0.0023 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0025 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 0.0025 ha per person | 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Uruguay?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Uruguay was 0.0025 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.006 ha per person in 1964.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0014 ha per person in 1990.
- How does Uruguay rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Uruguay ranks 21st out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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About this data
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.