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 %Bar length and order follow the official annual figures. Percentage: change against 2024.
The price
The 2025 average was USD 5,138 per hectare, 9 % below the previous year. Even after that fall, Río Negro remains among the country's six most expensive departments.
The number that matters here
44 contracts, 18,180 hectares. That is a mean parcel of 413 hectares, the second highest in Uruguay. For comparison, Canelones sits at 33.
Río Negro is agro-industrial. Large-scale cropping in soy, wheat and barley, plus forestry and the pulp mill near Fray Bentos as an industrial offtaker. Buying here usually means buying a finished operation rather than land to assemble.
What a thin market means
Few transactions cut both ways. Serious properties trade here, but suitable supply appears irregularly. For a buyer that means allowing lead time and being ready to decide when the right property appears, rather than waiting for the next one.
- Suits: buyers targeting operational scale on a multi-year horizon
- Does not suit: small entry parcels, a short buying window
Sources
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.