Castor oil seeds — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Castor oil seeds — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for castor oil seeds — yield in Paraguay is 1,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, castor oil seeds — yield in Paraguay peaked at 1,667 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 814.8 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Paraguay 12th out of 43 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Castor oil seeds — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,440 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 1,400 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1964 | 1,250 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1965 | 1,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,201 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 1,199 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 1,296 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1969 | 1,301 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 1,163 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1971 | 1,300 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1972 | 1,300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 896.8 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 1974 | 1,034 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1975 | 944.4 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1976 | 875.7 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 1,078 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1978 | 1,098 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 1,005 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1980 | 990 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 992.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 814.8 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1983 | 925.7 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 1,036 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1985 | 1,152 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1986 | 1,118 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 1,130 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 1,061 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 1,138 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 1,120 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 1,119 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 1,179 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 1,390 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1994 | 1,382 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,387 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 1,330 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 1,403 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 1,484 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 1,316 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2000 | 1,125 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 1,225 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2002 | 1,216 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,214 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,200 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1,150 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2006 | 1,050 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2007 | 1,050 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,182 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 1,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,200 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 1,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,667 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2013 | 1,375 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2014 | 1,125 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 1,333 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2016 | 1,000 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 1,167 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2018 | 1,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 1,200 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2021 | 1,400 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 1,000 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2023 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 1,000 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 857.1 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 1,000 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 725.05 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,315 kg/ha | 1,199 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,069 kg/ha | 875.7 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,036 kg/ha | 814.8 kg/ha | 1,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,311 kg/ha | 1,119 kg/ha | 1,484 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,159 kg/ha | 1,050 kg/ha | 1,225 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,223 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,120 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 9 Peru 1,360 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Korea 1,043 kg/ha compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 827.3 kg/ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 1,010 kg/ha compare
- 12 Ethiopia PDR 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 12 Romania 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 15 Cambodia 870.2 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 castor oil seeds — yield in Paraguay?
- Castor oil seeds — yield in Paraguay was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1,667 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest castor oil seeds — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 814.8 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Paraguay rank for castor oil seeds — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 12th out of 43 countries with data for 2024.
- Is castor oil seeds — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Castor oil seeds — 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.