Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Uruguay
Uruguay: Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre was 0.0035 ha per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Uruguay, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per square kilometre.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 0.0035 ha per square kilometre for watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in Uruguay peaked at 0.0114 ha per square kilometre in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.0035 ha per square kilometre, in 2023.
Uruguay ranks 82nd of 115 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | ha per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | -47.4% |
| 1963 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.0066 ha per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0071 ha per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0077 ha per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 0.008 ha per square kilometre | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0086 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 0.0091 ha per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0091 ha per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0097 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 0.0114 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0114 ha per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | -64.4% |
| 1991 | 0.0046 ha per square kilometre | +12.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | +12.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0055 ha per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | +14.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0069 ha per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0066 ha per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 1999 | 0.0071 ha per square kilometre | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0061 ha per square kilometre | -14.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | -40.0% |
| 2003 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0039 ha per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0043 ha per square kilometre | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 0.004 ha per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0037 ha per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0035 ha per square kilometre | -0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -64.4% | 0.0114 ha per square kilometre | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre |
| 1962 | -47.4% | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre |
| 2002 | -40.0% | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0062 ha per square kilometre | 0.0054 ha per square kilometre | 0.0109 ha per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0067 ha per square kilometre | 0.0057 ha per square kilometre | 0.0086 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0103 ha per square kilometre | 0.0091 ha per square kilometre | 0.0114 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0058 ha per square kilometre | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | 0.0071 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0045 ha per square kilometre | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | 0.0063 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0038 ha per square kilometre | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 0.0041 ha per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 0.0035 ha per square kilometre | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
More environment data for Uruguay
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.58 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.385 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.622 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 3.64 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in Uruguay?
- Watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre in Uruguay was 0.0035 ha per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0114 ha per square kilometre in 1987.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0035 ha per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Uruguay rank for watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Uruguay ranks 82nd out of 115 countries with data for 2023.
- Is watermelons — area harvested, per square kilometre rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. 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 Watermelons — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Watermelons — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Watermelons — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Watermelons — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.