Wheat — Area harvested in Uruguay
Uruguay: Wheat — Area harvested was 302,863 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Uruguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Uruguay is 302,863 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 13.5% on the previous year and down 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Uruguay peaked at 593,400 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 116,700 ha, in 1991.
That places Uruguay 52nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 435,912 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400,480 ha | -8.1% |
| 1963 | 353,950 ha | -11.6% |
| 1964 | 527,100 ha | +48.9% |
| 1965 | 546,570 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 379,550 ha | -30.6% |
| 1967 | 222,060 ha | -41.5% |
| 1968 | 532,100 ha | +139.6% |
| 1969 | 450,460 ha | -15.3% |
| 1970 | 336,700 ha | -25.3% |
| 1971 | 339,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 185,000 ha | -45.5% |
| 1973 | 283,202 ha | +53.1% |
| 1974 | 429,678 ha | +51.7% |
| 1975 | 455,717 ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 508,072 ha | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 321,428 ha | -36.7% |
| 1978 | 219,143 ha | -31.8% |
| 1979 | 319,510 ha | +45.8% |
| 1980 | 227,346 ha | -28.8% |
| 1981 | 295,850 ha | +30.1% |
| 1982 | 238,421 ha | -19.4% |
| 1983 | 252,780 ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 226,002 ha | -10.6% |
| 1985 | 211,708 ha | -6.3% |
| 1986 | 186,426 ha | -11.9% |
| 1987 | 167,068 ha | -10.4% |
| 1988 | 176,666 ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 226,748 ha | +28.3% |
| 1990 | 225,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 116,700 ha | -48.2% |
| 1992 | 148,600 ha | +27.3% |
| 1993 | 214,700 ha | +44.5% |
| 1994 | 189,800 ha | -11.6% |
| 1995 | 168,200 ha | -11.4% |
| 1996 | 250,300 ha | +48.8% |
| 1997 | 254,400 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 193,300 ha | -24.0% |
| 1999 | 196,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 128,000 ha | -34.9% |
| 2001 | 125,000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 135,000 ha | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 137,100 ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 117,700 ha | -14.2% |
| 2005 | 179,300 ha | +52.3% |
| 2006 | 153,500 ha | -14.4% |
| 2007 | 193,400 ha | +26.0% |
| 2008 | 245,300 ha | +26.8% |
| 2009 | 475,000 ha | +93.6% |
| 2010 | 549,215 ha | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 404,000 ha | -26.4% |
| 2012 | 593,400 ha | +46.9% |
| 2013 | 450,000 ha | -24.2% |
| 2014 | 462,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 399,000 ha | -13.6% |
| 2016 | 330,080 ha | -17.3% |
| 2017 | 215,000 ha | -34.9% |
| 2018 | 193,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 2019 | 198,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 237,500 ha | +19.7% |
| 2021 | 223,900 ha | -5.7% |
| 2022 | 301,900 ha | +34.8% |
| 2023 | 266,800 ha | -11.6% |
| 2024 | 302,863 ha | +13.5% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 302,863 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 1.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 302,863 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 198,067 ha, 1.5× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 427,576 ha | 222,060 ha | 546,570 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 339,805 ha | 185,000 ha | 508,072 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 220,902 ha | 167,068 ha | 295,850 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 195,800 ha | 116,700 ha | 254,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 188,930 ha | 117,700 ha | 475,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 379,410 ha | 193,000 ha | 593,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 266,593 ha | 223,900 ha | 302,863 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 49 Slovakia 350,360 ha compare
- 50 Mongolia 317,739 ha compare
- 51 Bangladesh 311,677 ha compare
- 53 Austria 274,230 ha compare
- 54 Tajikistan 270,641 ha compare
- 55 Kyrgyzstan 240,182 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 wheat — area harvested in Uruguay?
- Wheat — area harvested in Uruguay was 302,863 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 593,400 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 116,700 ha in 1991.
- How does Uruguay rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Uruguay ranks 52nd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.4%. 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 Wheat — 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.