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Farmland in Flores

Flores is the smallest inland department and the thinnest market in Uruguay. The two go together, and both matter before you buy.

Avg price 2025 4,667 USD/haTraded 2025 3,747 haLand use Mixed farming, cropping, cattle and sheep

USD per hectare · DIEA 2025Spread, most to least expensive department 4.2×

National average 4,178

Colonia9,707+19.7 %Soriano7,964−7.6 %San José6,842+5.1 %Canelones6,492−5.7 %Maldonado5,647−2.0 %Florida5,265+12.3 %Río Negro5,138−9.0 %

Flores4,667−11.7 %

Durazno4,032−17.5 %Rocha3,839+22.3 %Lavalleja3,736+5.0 %Treinta y Tres3,384+6.9 %Cerro Largo3,194−10.7 %Rivera3,074−10.5 %Paysandú3,047−17.6 %Salto2,886+4.0 %Tacuarembó2,720−10.7 %Artigas2,300−0.5 %

Bar length and order follow the official annual figures. Percentage: change against 2024.

Fence line across grasslandJulio J. · CC BY-SA 4.0

Traded 20253,747ha

LocationSouth-central, around Trinidad

Land useMixed farming, cropping, cattle and sheep

The price

Flores averaged USD 4,667 per hectare in 2025, down 11.7 % on 2024, leaving it slightly above the national figure.

Just 32 contracts in the year

Across all of 2025, Flores registered 32 purchase contracts covering 3,747 hectares. That is the lowest transaction volume of any department. Canelones, for comparison, recorded 175.

That number matters more than it looks. An average drawn from 32 cases is sensitive to a single large or unusual sale. The 11.7 % fall therefore does not necessarily mean land in Flores got cheaper. It may equally mean different properties traded this year.

How to buy in a thin market

The departmental average works here as rough orientation, not as a valuation benchmark. Valuation only becomes reliable through CONEAT soil ratings and through comparables from the neighbouring departments of Florida, Durazno and San José, whose markets are deeper.

Sources

DIEA / MGAP: Serie „Precio de la Tierra" (Compraventas) ↗

Figures verified on 2026-07-27

Information is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute investment, legal or tax advice. Prices shown are averages from official statistics, not valuations of individual properties.

The series for this department

Prices actually paid per hectare, area traded and the number of contracts of sale, year by year.

Since2000
Peak5,693 2022
Low413 2001

Flores: Prices actually paid per hectare, area traded and the number of contracts of sale, year by year.
Year	USD/ha	Change	Hectares traded	Contracts
2000	610		12,347	52
2001	413	−32.3 %	21,181	71
2002	485	+17.4 %	16,760	69
2003	471	−2.9 %	34,345	78
2004	602	+27.8 %	31,405	94
2005	964	+60.1 %	19,151	87
2006	1,379	+43 %	23,822	77
2007	1,773	+28.6 %	19,397	80
2008	2,505	+41.3 %	11,157	52
2009	3,256	+30 %	7,728	30
2010	4,210	+29.3 %	15,221	52
2011	3,163	−24.9 %	5,681	42
2012	5,389	+70.4 %	8,303	40
2013	4,894	−9.2 %	7,805	41
2014	4,972	+1.6 %	6,177	31
2015	4,646	−6.6 %	10,719	26
2016	3,045	−34.5 %	3,219	18
2017	4,843	+59 %	4,629	28
2018	3,078	−36.4 %	4,046	23
2019	3,777	+22.7 %	12,146	17
2020	4,104	+8.7 %	9,245	32
2021	4,300	+4.8 %	12,277	40
2022	5,693	+32.4 %	6,899	35
2023	4,571	−19.7 %	6,073	44
2024	5,287	+15.7 %	8,316	32
2025	4,667	−11.7 %	3,747	32

Source: DIEA / MGAP, "Precio de la Tierra" series. Change against the previous year, computed from the same figures. Reconciled on 2026-07-27

The market report

Ten pages: what land costs in each of the 18 departments, what leasing yields, what a purchase adds on top, and the rules under which a foreigner may buy at all. Every figure with a source and a verification date.

Prices for all 18 departments, from registered contracts of sale
Gross yield from the official lease and price series, unvarnished
Transaction costs with rates, and what they come to on an average parcel
The ceilings in Canada and Argentina, with the statutes behind them

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