Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Sweet potatoes — Area harvested was 8,462 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sweet potatoes — area harvested in Uruguay is 8,462 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 16,000 ha in 1964 and was at its lowest, 4,386 ha, in 1990.
Uruguay ranks 44th of 113 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,361 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,364 ha | -13.0% |
| 1963 | 15,500 ha | +16.0% |
| 1964 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13,548 ha | -15.3% |
| 1967 | 13,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | -15.4% |
| 1969 | 13,000 ha | +18.2% |
| 1970 | 14,195 ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 12,948 ha | -8.8% |
| 1972 | 12,880 ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 13,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 14,200 ha | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 14,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 15,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,386 ha | -70.8% |
| 1991 | 15,000 ha | +242.0% |
| 1992 | 7,375 ha | -50.8% |
| 1993 | 5,793 ha | -21.5% |
| 1994 | 6,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 5,600 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 6,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1997 | 5,600 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 5,500 ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2000 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 6,350 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 6,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 6,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 7,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 7,400 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 7,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 7,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 7,800 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 8,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 8,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 8,100 ha | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 8,250 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 8,569 ha | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 8,306 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 8,318 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,611 ha | +3.5% |
| 2020 | 8,412 ha | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 8,447 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 8,490 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 8,449 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 8,462 ha | +0.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 8,462 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 239 ha, 35.4× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 8,462 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 565 ha, 15.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +242.0% | 4,386 ha | 15,000 ha |
| 1990 | -70.8% | 15,000 ha | 4,386 ha |
| 1992 | -50.8% | 15,000 ha | 7,375 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,086 ha | 11,000 ha | 16,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,172 ha | 12,880 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,725 ha | 4,386 ha | 15,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,905 ha | 6,200 ha | 7,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,185 ha | 7,700 ha | 8,611 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,452 ha | 8,412 ha | 8,490 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 41 Dominican Republic 9,774 ha compare
- 42 Argentina 8,918 ha compare
- 43 China, Taiwan Province of 8,860 ha compare
- 45 Solomon Islands 7,776 ha compare
- 46 Guinea-Bissau 7,760 ha compare
- 47 Myanmar 6,837 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 sweet potatoes — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Sweet potatoes — area harvested in Uruguay was 8,462 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 16,000 ha in 1964.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,386 ha in 1990.
- How does Uruguay rank for sweet potatoes — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 44th out of 113 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sweet potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sweet potatoes — 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.