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Farmland in Rivera

No department shows more clearly how lumpy a land market becomes when a few large holders set the pace.

Avg price 2025 3,074 USD/haTraded 2025 7,676 haLand use Forestry, extensive cattle

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.

Cattle among eucalyptusWikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

Traded 20257,676ha

LocationNorth, Brazilian border

Land useForestry, extensive cattle

The price

Rivera averaged USD 3,074 per hectare in 2025 against USD 3,435 the year before, a fall of 10.5 %.

From 55,251 to 7,676 hectares

In 2024 Rivera was by far Uruguay's most active department with 55,251 hectares traded. In 2025 the figure was 7,676 hectares, down 86 % in a single year.

That is not a collapse in demand. It is the signature of a market where forestry companies hold large contiguous blocks. When one such block sells, it dominates the annual statistic. When none does, the area falls back to whatever the rest of the market produces.

What follows from that

For valuation: a single department's annual figures are not a trend until you know which properties sit behind them. For buying: availability in Rivera depends heavily on whether an institutional holder happens to be selling.

Agronomically Rivera is forestry country. Sandy soils over sandstone carry eucalyptus and pine, with extensive cattle in between. Rivera forms a cross-border twin city with Santana do Livramento, where a street separates two states with no border installation.

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
Peak3,435 2024
Low226 2002

Rivera: 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	399		14,889	79
2001	488	+22.3 %	26,048	81
2002	226	−53.7 %	18,158	60
2003	344	+52.2 %	26,755	72
2004	586	+70.3 %	18,568	85
2005	849	+44.9 %	39,753	128
2006	967	+13.9 %	30,317	145
2007	1,123	+16.1 %	17,473	81
2008	1,832	+63.1 %	65,962	136
2009	1,660	−9.4 %	24,486	74
2010	1,364	−17.8 %	9,981	73
2011	2,705	+98.3 %	15,510	97
2012	2,912	+7.7 %	17,139	83
2013	3,000	+3 %	31,595	85
2014	2,309	−23 %	22,503	46
2015	2,071	−10.3 %	6,851	72
2016	2,554	+23.3 %	3,852	36
2017	2,177	−14.8 %	3,343	35
2018	2,489	+14.3 %	12,437	42
2019	2,615	+5.1 %	11,183	38
2020	2,288	−12.5 %	6,476	32
2021	2,434	+6.4 %	13,011	56
2022	2,397	−1.5 %	18,816	69
2023	2,763	+15.3 %	7,724	57
2024	3,435	+24.3 %	55,251	84
2025	3,074	−10.5 %	7,676	67

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
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