Beans, dry — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 29,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 29,000 ha for beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 58.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 86,200 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 21,991 ha, in 2022.
Paraguay ranks 58th of 129 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 22,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1965 | 31,500 ha | +26.0% |
| 1966 | 32,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 32,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 30,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 1969 | 26,860 ha | -10.5% |
| 1970 | 54,404 ha | +102.5% |
| 1971 | 49,800 ha | -8.5% |
| 1972 | 46,200 ha | -7.2% |
| 1973 | 47,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 43,400 ha | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 55,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1976 | 63,400 ha | +15.3% |
| 1977 | 66,800 ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 86,200 ha | +29.0% |
| 1979 | 81,400 ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 79,800 ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 49,900 ha | -37.5% |
| 1982 | 50,100 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 52,100 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 54,300 ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 56,900 ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 41,000 ha | -27.9% |
| 1987 | 54,500 ha | +32.9% |
| 1988 | 55,400 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 51,500 ha | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 46,000 ha | -10.7% |
| 1991 | 47,082 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 47,621 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 50,958 ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 50,132 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 55,948 ha | +11.6% |
| 1996 | 55,499 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 61,930 ha | +11.6% |
| 1998 | 57,160 ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 57,584 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 54,504 ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 62,505 ha | +14.7% |
| 2002 | 65,970 ha | +5.5% |
| 2003 | 73,205 ha | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 73,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 75,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 85,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 85,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 55,424 ha | -34.8% |
| 2009 | 61,400 ha | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 56,765 ha | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 62,359 ha | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 62,500 ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 70,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 70,088 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 71,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 72,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 73,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 72,800 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 72,805 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 72,820 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 21,991 ha | -69.8% |
| 2023 | 30,000 ha | +36.4% |
| 2024 | 29,000 ha | -3.3% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 29,000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25,950 ha, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 29,000 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 34,416 ha, 84% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Area harvested in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +102.5% | 26,860 ha | 54,404 ha |
| 2022 | -69.8% | 72,820 ha | 21,991 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,118 ha | 22,000 ha | 32,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,360 ha | 43,400 ha | 86,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 54,550 ha | 41,000 ha | 79,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,991 ha | 46,000 ha | 61,930 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 69,151 ha | 54,504 ha | 85,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 68,051 ha | 56,765 ha | 73,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,323 ha | 21,991 ha | 72,820 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 55 Philippines 34,331 ha compare
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- 59 Estonia 26,758 ha compare
- 60 Serbia and Montenegro 23,162 ha compare
- 61 Ecuador 22,900 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1164 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 817.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5603 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2961 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Paraguay was 29,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 86,200 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,991 ha in 2022.
- How does Paraguay rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 58th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.