Tomatoes — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 468 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Uruguay is 468 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 4,000 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 399 ha, in 2013.
That places Uruguay 111th out of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,908 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,700 ha | -7.2% |
| 1963 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 2,442 ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 2,500 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 3,029 ha | +12.2% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 3,300 ha | -17.5% |
| 1982 | 3,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 2,700 ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 2,300 ha | -14.8% |
| 1985 | 2,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 1,900 ha | -5.0% |
| 1988 | 1,700 ha | -10.5% |
| 1989 | 1,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 1990 | 1,855 ha | +23.7% |
| 1991 | 1,400 ha | -24.5% |
| 1992 | 1,700 ha | +21.4% |
| 1993 | 1,920 ha | +12.9% |
| 1994 | 2,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1,901 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 1,907 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 2,200 ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 884 ha | -59.8% |
| 2003 | 1,027 ha | +16.2% |
| 2004 | 1,303 ha | +26.9% |
| 2005 | 956 ha | -26.6% |
| 2006 | 956 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 424 ha | -55.6% |
| 2008 | 423 ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 574 ha | +35.7% |
| 2010 | 651 ha | +13.4% |
| 2011 | 545 ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 433 ha | -20.6% |
| 2013 | 399 ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 508 ha | +27.3% |
| 2015 | 484 ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 475 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 480 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 463 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 473 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 466 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 467 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 469 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 467 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 468 ha | +0.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 468 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 336 ha, 1.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 468 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 603 ha, 78% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -59.8% | 2,200 ha | 884 ha |
| 2007 | -55.6% | 956 ha | 424 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,628 ha | 2,442 ha | 2,908 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,273 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,460 ha | 1,500 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,888 ha | 1,400 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,075 ha | 423 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 491.1 ha | 399 ha | 651 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 467.4 ha | 466 ha | 469 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
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 tomatoes — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Uruguay was 468 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 399 ha in 2013.
- How does Uruguay rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 111th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.