Cassava, fresh — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 18,472 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cassava, fresh — yield in Paraguay stood at 18,472 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 41.8% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Paraguay peaked at 18,472 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,800 kg/ha, in 2012.
Paraguay ranks 17th of 93 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,000 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 14,084 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 14,039 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1965 | 14,000 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 14,088 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 15,000 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 14,936 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 15,001 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 15,296 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 12,654 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1972 | 12,950 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 13,918 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 15,484 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1975 | 14,794 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 14,773 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 14,803 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 15,275 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1979 | 14,936 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1980 | 14,967 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 11,275 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1982 | 13,990 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1983 | 14,444 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 15,124 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1985 | 15,347 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 14,405 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1987 | 16,899 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1988 | 16,954 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 16,994 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 14,798 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1991 | 14,723 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 14,515 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 13,771 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 13,979 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 14,651 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 13,860 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1997 | 14,179 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 14,254 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 11,841 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2000 | 13,476 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 14,679 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 17,161 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2003 | 16,417 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2004 | 17,974 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2005 | 16,500 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2006 | 16,000 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 16,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 12,997 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2009 | 14,500 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2010 | 14,785 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 13,532 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 9,800 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 2013 | 16,000 kg/ha | +63.3% |
| 2014 | 17,000 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 17,407 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 17,400 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 17,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 18,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 18,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 17,996 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 18,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 14,261 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2023 | 13,029 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 18,472 kg/ha | +41.8% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 18,472 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 18,472 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,632 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +63.3% | 9,800 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha |
| 2024 | +41.8% | 13,029 kg/ha | 18,472 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,372 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 15,001 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,488 kg/ha | 12,654 kg/ha | 15,484 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,040 kg/ha | 11,275 kg/ha | 16,994 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,057 kg/ha | 11,841 kg/ha | 14,798 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,570 kg/ha | 12,997 kg/ha | 17,974 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,932 kg/ha | 9,800 kg/ha | 18,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,352 kg/ha | 13,029 kg/ha | 18,472 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 14 Barbados 19,870 kg/ha compare
- 14 Cabo Verde 7,996 kg/ha compare
- 15 Malaysia 18,692 kg/ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 3,582 kg/ha compare
- 16 Côte d'Ivoire 6,087 kg/ha compare
- 16 French Polynesia 18,517 kg/ha compare
- 17 Caribbean 5,371 kg/ha compare
- 18 South Sudan 17,829 kg/ha compare
- 19 Cook Islands 17,745 kg/ha compare
- 20 Fiji 17,640 kg/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 cassava, fresh — yield in Paraguay?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Paraguay was 18,472 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 18,472 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,800 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Paraguay rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 17th out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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 — Yield. 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.