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Farmland in Lavalleja

Lavalleja combines low per-hectare prices with the most striking landscape in the country, and it has the second-highest number of purchase contracts.

Avg price 2025 3,736 USD/haTraded 2025 15,983 haLand use Cattle and sheep, forestry, quarrying

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.

Stream in the sierrasMarina Miranda · CC BY-SA 3.0

Traded 202515,983ha

LocationSoutheast, sierras

Land useCattle and sheep, forestry, quarrying

The price

Lavalleja averaged USD 3,736 per hectare in 2025, up 5.1 % year on year and about 11 % below the national figure.

An active market in mid sizes

With 160 purchase contracts over 15,983 hectares, Lavalleja had the second-highest transaction count in the country in 2025. The mean parcel is exactly 100 hectares. For a first-time buyer that is an unusually accessible combination: plenty of supply at a size reachable with moderate capital.

Sierras, not arable plain

The landscape of ridges, rock formations and watercourses around Minas shapes the land use. Cropping is limited to the flatter ground; the emphasis is cattle and sheep, with forestry and local quarrying. If you are principally after row-crop ground, the Litoral is the better address.

Conversely, the topography carries a market value that a pure yield lens misses. Lavalleja is weekend country, a little over two hours from Montevideo, and land with water, rock and a view finds a second set of buyers.

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
Peak3,900 2023
Low389 2003

Lavalleja: 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	580		16,329	147
2001	449	−22.6 %	36,333	199
2002	456	+1.6 %	17,499	150
2003	389	−14.7 %	24,692	215
2004	677	+74 %	33,629	239
2005	606	−10.5 %	47,794	262
2006	1,310	+116.2 %	41,540	237
2007	1,135	−13.4 %	48,455	290
2008	1,817	+60.1 %	37,859	271
2009	2,161	+18.9 %	15,165	127
2010	2,634	+21.9 %	32,235	155
2011	2,362	−10.3 %	17,697	178
2012	2,957	+25.2 %	28,989	194
2013	2,843	−3.9 %	31,409	151
2014	2,881	+1.3 %	15,622	138
2015	2,945	+2.2 %	14,344	111
2016	2,732	−7.2 %	14,784	94
2017	3,517	+28.7 %	17,904	124
2018	3,017	−14.2 %	26,829	79
2019	3,098	+2.7 %	7,511	91
2020	2,915	−5.9 %	10,060	107
2021	2,936	+0.7 %	36,737	155
2022	3,084	+5 %	36,312	175
2023	3,900	+26.5 %	21,072	138
2024	3,557	−8.8 %	15,066	175
2025	3,736	+5 %	15,983	160

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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