Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 15,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 15,000 ha for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 13.1% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 41,500 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 9,414 ha, in 2022.
Paraguay ranks 49th of 112 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.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 22,600 ha | +126.0% |
| 1965 | 22,630 ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 23,300 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 24,460 ha | +5.0% |
| 1968 | 22,500 ha | -8.0% |
| 1969 | 21,600 ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 21,800 ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 22,100 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 20,600 ha | -6.8% |
| 1973 | 15,718 ha | -23.7% |
| 1974 | 17,500 ha | +11.3% |
| 1975 | 18,600 ha | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 20,400 ha | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 22,600 ha | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 23,700 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 23,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 30,000 ha | +25.5% |
| 1981 | 34,457 ha | +14.9% |
| 1982 | 35,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 36,700 ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 38,000 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 39,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 31,500 ha | -19.4% |
| 1987 | 39,900 ha | +26.7% |
| 1988 | 41,500 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 39,100 ha | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 39,445 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 30,846 ha | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 27,600 ha | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 32,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 1994 | 31,100 ha | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 30,258 ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 29,423 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 26,500 ha | -9.9% |
| 1998 | 30,300 ha | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 30,988 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 29,330 ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 30,254 ha | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 29,059 ha | -3.9% |
| 2003 | 33,410 ha | +15.0% |
| 2004 | 34,926 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 35,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 37,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 37,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 24,113 ha | -34.8% |
| 2009 | 25,100 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 24,698 ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 25,819 ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 25,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 25,670 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 26,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 26,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 26,350 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 25,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 25,125 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 9,414 ha | -62.5% |
| 2023 | 17,270 ha | +83.5% |
| 2024 | 15,000 ha | -13.1% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 15,000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,622 ha, 5.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 15,000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,038 ha, 7.4× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +126.0% | 10,000 ha | 22,600 ha |
| 2023 | +83.5% | 9,414 ha | 17,270 ha |
| 2022 | -62.5% | 25,125 ha | 9,414 ha |
| 2008 | -34.8% | 37,000 ha | 24,113 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,699 ha | 10,000 ha | 24,460 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,692 ha | 15,718 ha | 23,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,526 ha | 30,000 ha | 41,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,846 ha | 26,500 ha | 39,445 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,519 ha | 24,113 ha | 37,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,454 ha | 24,698 ha | 26,350 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,362 ha | 9,414 ha | 25,125 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 groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Paraguay was 15,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 41,500 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,414 ha in 2022.
- How does Paraguay rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 49th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — 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.