Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 950,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 950,000 ha for maize (corn) — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.4% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 1.24 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 91,600 ha, in 1961.
That places Paraguay 36th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 91,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 95,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 96,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 158,800 ha | +65.4% |
| 1965 | 161,500 ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 150,500 ha | -6.8% |
| 1967 | 173,080 ha | +15.0% |
| 1968 | 180,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 127,500 ha | -29.2% |
| 1970 | 167,000 ha | +31.0% |
| 1971 | 190,100 ha | +13.8% |
| 1972 | 184,400 ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 185,600 ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 206,100 ha | +11.0% |
| 1975 | 222,600 ha | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 257,300 ha | +15.6% |
| 1977 | 288,100 ha | +12.0% |
| 1978 | 272,900 ha | -5.3% |
| 1979 | 226,000 ha | -17.2% |
| 1980 | 226,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 195,000 ha | -13.7% |
| 1982 | 231,000 ha | +18.5% |
| 1983 | 170,000 ha | -26.4% |
| 1984 | 168,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 156,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 154,000 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 161,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 183,000 ha | +13.7% |
| 1989 | 185,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 191,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 243,213 ha | +27.3% |
| 1992 | 258,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 249,081 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 218,385 ha | -12.3% |
| 1995 | 330,901 ha | +51.5% |
| 1996 | 324,431 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 383,851 ha | +18.3% |
| 1998 | 355,320 ha | -7.4% |
| 1999 | 356,302 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 331,725 ha | -6.9% |
| 2001 | 406,365 ha | +22.5% |
| 2002 | 369,960 ha | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 442,600 ha | +19.6% |
| 2004 | 440,000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 400,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 616,002 ha | +54.0% |
| 2007 | 725,250 ha | +17.7% |
| 2008 | 858,101 ha | +18.3% |
| 2009 | 774,100 ha | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 794,034 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 853,592 ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 995,000 ha | +16.6% |
| 2013 | 1.03 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 800,000 ha | -22.3% |
| 2015 | 950,000 ha | +18.8% |
| 2016 | 960,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 940,000 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.07 million ha | +13.8% |
| 2019 | 1.08 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 1.10 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 990,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 1.24 million ha | +24.9% |
| 2023 | 884,800 ha | -28.5% |
| 2024 | 950,000 ha | +7.4% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 950,000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 63,256 ha, 15.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 950,000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 47,716 ha, 19.9× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 137,109 ha | 91,600 ha | 180,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 220,010 ha | 167,000 ha | 288,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 182,900 ha | 154,000 ha | 231,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 291,048 ha | 191,000 ha | 383,851 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 536,410 ha | 331,725 ha | 858,101 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 947,763 ha | 794,034 ha | 1.08 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.03 million ha | 884,800 ha | 1.24 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Paraguay was 950,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1.24 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 91,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 36th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — 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.