Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Cassava, fresh — Area harvested was 165,150 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 165,150 ha for cassava, fresh — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.3% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 306,000 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 70,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Paraguay 24th out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 71,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 71,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 103,200 ha | +45.4% |
| 1965 | 108,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 102,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 97,330 ha | -4.6% |
| 1968 | 100,700 ha | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 103,270 ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 103,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 94,500 ha | -8.5% |
| 1972 | 93,300 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 79,600 ha | -14.7% |
| 1974 | 90,100 ha | +13.2% |
| 1975 | 96,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 106,500 ha | +10.4% |
| 1977 | 116,100 ha | +9.0% |
| 1978 | 120,300 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 126,400 ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 135,700 ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 178,487 ha | +31.5% |
| 1982 | 179,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 180,700 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 183,500 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 186,440 ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 199,600 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 205,200 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 229,500 ha | +11.8% |
| 1989 | 234,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 239,900 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 175,572 ha | -26.8% |
| 1992 | 179,439 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 183,829 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 174,278 ha | -5.2% |
| 1995 | 211,406 ha | +21.3% |
| 1996 | 190,847 ha | -9.7% |
| 1997 | 220,006 ha | +15.3% |
| 1998 | 236,696 ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | 247,746 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 201,792 ha | -18.5% |
| 2001 | 243,075 ha | +20.5% |
| 2002 | 258,164 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 284,383 ha | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 306,000 ha | +7.6% |
| 2005 | 290,000 ha | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 300,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 300,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 170,694 ha | -43.1% |
| 2009 | 180,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 177,480 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 181,332 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 172,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 175,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 180,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 182,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 182,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 182,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 183,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 188,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 185,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 188,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 155,439 ha | -17.3% |
| 2023 | 182,000 ha | +17.1% |
| 2024 | 165,150 ha | -9.3% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 165,150 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,817 ha, 24.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 165,150 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,628 ha, 101.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | -43.1% | 300,000 ha | 170,694 ha |
| 1964 | +45.4% | 71,000 ha | 103,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 91,856 ha | 70,000 ha | 108,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 102,660 ha | 79,600 ha | 126,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 191,273 ha | 135,700 ha | 234,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 205,972 ha | 174,278 ha | 247,746 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 253,411 ha | 170,694 ha | 306,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 180,281 ha | 172,000 ha | 188,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 175,118 ha | 155,439 ha | 188,000 ha | 5 |
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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 cassava, fresh — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Cassava, fresh — area harvested in Paraguay was 165,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 306,000 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for cassava, fresh — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 24th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 Cassava, fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.