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Farmland in Salto

In Salto, the value of a property depends less on its soil rating than on whether water reaches it.

Avg price 2025 2,886 USD/haTraded 2025 7,166 haLand use Citrus, irrigated horticulture, 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.

Irrigation channel, pampaLuis Argerich from Buenos Aires, Argentina · CC BY 2.0

Traded 20257,166ha

LocationNorthwest, on the Río Uruguay

Land useCitrus, irrigated horticulture, cattle

The price

Salto averaged USD 2,886 per hectare in 2025, up 4 % on 2024, placing it among the country's three cheapest departments.

Why the average says little here

Salto is Uruguay's citrus region and a centre of irrigated horticulture. At the same time a large share of its area sits on basalt soils grazed extensively. An irrigated citrus block and a basalt paddock are worlds apart, and both feed the same average.

Buying in Salto therefore means never arguing from the departmental average, but from what the specific property carries in water rights, irrigation infrastructure and soil class.

The water question

The Salto Grande reservoir and the Río Uruguay make irrigation practical in this part of the country. Irrigation systems and their permits are a diligence item in their own right: they are expensive, they are regulated, and they are why neighbouring parcels can be worth very different amounts.

A further regional factor are the hot springs around Daymán and Arapey, which give the department a tourism branch independent of agriculture.

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
Peak6,124 2019
Low246 2001

Salto: 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	443		13,460	52
2001	246	−44.5 %	49,574	97
2002	257	+4.5 %	34,643	75
2003	266	+3.5 %	62,219	96
2004	385	+44.7 %	82,416	157
2005	485	+26 %	52,918	120
2006	1,247	+157.1 %	42,442	116
2007	639	−48.8 %	42,446	134
2008	988	+54.6 %	41,431	110
2009	1,300	+31.6 %	14,626	76
2010	1,375	+5.8 %	17,636	88
2011	1,907	+38.7 %	17,423	76
2012	2,371	+24.3 %	19,721	88
2013	2,385	+0.6 %	15,256	83
2014	3,205	+34.4 %	10,885	52
2015	1,715	−46.5 %	14,045	54
2016	2,598	+51.5 %	11,007	48
2017	1,979	−23.8 %	12,833	60
2018	2,365	+19.5 %	4,758	26
2019	6,124	+158.9 %	4,693	33
2020	3,198	−47.8 %	3,438	27
2021	2,268	−29.1 %	5,599	33
2022	2,244	−1.1 %	19,119	42
2023	3,415	+52.2 %	18,048	71
2024	2,774	−18.8 %	13,848	72
2025	2,886	+4 %	7,166	53

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.

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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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