Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 8,412 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Uruguay stood at 8,412 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 20,064 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 7,781 ha, in 2013.
Uruguay ranks 128th of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,385 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,895 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 19,145 ha | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 17,795 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 16,995 ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 15,650 ha | -7.9% |
| 1967 | 16,395 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 17,555 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 18,110 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 20,064 ha | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 19,690 ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 19,570 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 19,570 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 19,470 ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 18,900 ha | -2.9% |
| 1976 | 18,920 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 19,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 19,200 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 19,743 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 19,847 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 18,780 ha | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 18,360 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 18,110 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 17,660 ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 17,660 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 17,260 ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 17,420 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 16,400 ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 15,542 ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 13,278 ha | -14.6% |
| 1991 | 13,351 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 14,040 ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 14,802 ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 14,718 ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 14,367 ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 15,186 ha | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 14,590 ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 14,107 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 15,410 ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 14,934 ha | -3.1% |
| 2001 | 14,437 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 13,186 ha | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 12,990 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 13,206 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 12,364 ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 12,258 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 10,782 ha | -12.0% |
| 2008 | 10,568 ha | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 9,571 ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 9,460 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 9,354 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 8,957 ha | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 7,781 ha | -13.1% |
| 2014 | 8,272 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 8,574 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 8,336 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 8,646 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 8,474 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 8,453 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 8,361 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 8,425 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 8,411 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 8,398 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 8,412 ha | +0.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 8,412 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 8,412 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,881 ha | 15,650 ha | 19,895 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,423 ha | 18,900 ha | 20,064 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,704 ha | 15,542 ha | 19,847 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,385 ha | 13,278 ha | 15,410 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,430 ha | 9,571 ha | 14,934 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,631 ha | 7,781 ha | 9,460 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,401 ha | 8,361 ha | 8,425 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Uruguay was 8,412 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 20,064 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,781 ha in 2013.
- How does Uruguay rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 128th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. 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 Vegetables 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.