India vs Paraguay: Cereal yields

India
3.63 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Paraguay
3.62 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
India rank
78th
Paraguay rank
81st

Cereal yields over time

  • India
  • Paraguay
12345196119922024

How they compare

India currently reports 3.63 tonnes per hectare against 3.62 tonnes per hectare in Paraguay, a difference of 0.01 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Paraguay ahead.

India ranks 78th and Paraguay ranks 81st of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 2 and Paraguay in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Paraguay Difference Ahead
1960s 0.9599 tonnes per hectare 1.25 tonnes per hectare 0.29 tonnes per hectare Paraguay
1970s 1.2 tonnes per hectare 1.35 tonnes per hectare 0.1469 tonnes per hectare Paraguay
1980s 1.57 tonnes per hectare 1.67 tonnes per hectare 0.0975 tonnes per hectare Paraguay
1990s 2.09 tonnes per hectare 2.03 tonnes per hectare 0.0648 tonnes per hectare India
2000s 2.43 tonnes per hectare 2.33 tonnes per hectare 0.1034 tonnes per hectare India
2010s 3.02 tonnes per hectare 3.88 tonnes per hectare 0.8584 tonnes per hectare Paraguay
2020s 3.54 tonnes per hectare 3.98 tonnes per hectare 0.44 tonnes per hectare Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereal yields, India or Paraguay?
India, at 3.63 tonnes per hectare against 3.62 tonnes per hectare in Paraguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in cereal yields between India and Paraguay?
0.01 tonnes per hectare, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Paraguay?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and Paraguay rank globally for cereal yields?
India ranks 78th and Paraguay ranks 81st of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Cereal yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Cereal yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
186 places, 10,534 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes per hectare.