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Farmland in Treinta y Tres

Eastern Uruguay follows its own logic: here water determines value, not the soil index alone.

Avg price 2025 3,384 USD/haTraded 2025 23,994 haLand use Rice, livestock, forestry

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.

Dry stone wall and grazing landAlfi1781 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Traded 202523,994ha

LocationEast, toward Laguna Merín

Land useRice, livestock, forestry

Trading volume

With 23,994 hectares traded, Treinta y Tres ranked third among Uruguay's most active departments in 2025.

The 2025 average was USD 3,384 per hectare, up 6.9 % from USD 3,166 the year before. Across 82 contracts the mean parcel works out at 293 hectares, close to double the national figure.

Rice and water

Eastern Uruguay is the centre of the country's rice production. Rice is the most water-intensive crop grown here, and valuation works accordingly: access to surface water, existing irrigation infrastructure, reservoirs and water rights determine a parcel's value more than the CONEAT index alone.

For buyers this means the standard assessment logic must be extended. A rice parcel without secured water supply is not the same asset as one with a reservoir, even where soil class and hectare count look identical.

Rotation with livestock

Rotating rice with grazing is characteristic of the region. The combination spreads price risk across two markets and is agronomically established. For investors who do not want exposure to a single crop, that is a structural advantage over pure soy.

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
Peak3,384 2025
Low261 2002

Treinta y Tres: 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	307		13,718	47
2001	305	−0.7 %	23,030	92
2002	261	−14.4 %	23,277	77
2003	317	+21.5 %	56,007	76
2004	400	+26.2 %	27,565	107
2005	370	−7.5 %	27,414	133
2006	813	+119.7 %	57,824	127
2007	1,079	+32.7 %	45,827	171
2008	1,368	+26.8 %	43,528	112
2009	1,538	+12.4 %	6,356	60
2010	1,656	+7.7 %	10,828	66
2011	1,994	+20.4 %	26,439	130
2012	2,406	+20.7 %	23,148	106
2013	2,591	+7.7 %	23,817	69
2014	2,354	−9.1 %	5,682	34
2015	2,916	+23.9 %	10,345	58
2016	2,146	−26.4 %	6,456	42
2017	3,047	+42 %	14,616	56
2018	2,761	−9.4 %	10,422	45
2019	2,700	−2.2 %	20,970	39
2020	2,249	−16.7 %	4,343	38
2021	2,569	+14.2 %	16,161	57
2022	2,520	−1.9 %	13,360	89
2023	2,564	+1.7 %	15,959	86
2024	3,166	+23.5 %	41,727	85
2025	3,384	+6.9 %	23,994	82

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

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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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