Maize (corn) — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Maize (corn) — Yield was 4,150 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Maize (corn) — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for maize (corn) — yield in Paraguay is 4,150 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.2% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — yield in Paraguay peaked at 5,485 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1,000 kg/ha, in 1968.
Paraguay ranks 76th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Maize (corn) — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,201 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,300 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 1,250 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 1,297 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 1,300 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 1,100 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1967 | 1,300 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1968 | 1,000 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1969 | 1,200 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1970 | 1,317 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1971 | 1,212 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1972 | 1,135 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 1,325 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1974 | 1,366 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 1,351 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 1,366 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 1,392 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 1,302 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1979 | 1,504 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1980 | 1,553 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 1,610 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 1,489 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 1,541 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 1,434 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 1,699 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1986 | 1,701 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 1,805 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 1,902 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 1,989 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1990 | 2,199 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1991 | 1,650 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1992 | 1,743 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 1,763 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 2,114 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1995 | 2,466 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 2,015 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1997 | 2,748 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 1998 | 2,458 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1999 | 2,292 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2000 | 1,951 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2001 | 2,331 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2002 | 2,344 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 2,385 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 2,546 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 2,075 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2006 | 2,683 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2007 | 2,770 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 2,880 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2009 | 2,400 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 3,915 kg/ha | +63.1% |
| 2011 | 3,920 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 3,095 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2013 | 4,000 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2014 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 5,248 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 2016 | 5,367 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 5,485 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 4,995 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2019 | 5,140 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 5,304 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 4,129 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2022 | 3,739 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2023 | 5,076 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 2024 | 4,150 kg/ha | -18.2% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 4,150 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,175 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 4,150 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,084 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,216 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,327 kg/ha | 1,135 kg/ha | 1,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,672 kg/ha | 1,434 kg/ha | 1,989 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,145 kg/ha | 1,650 kg/ha | 2,748 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,436 kg/ha | 1,951 kg/ha | 2,880 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,517 kg/ha | 3,095 kg/ha | 5,485 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,480 kg/ha | 3,739 kg/ha | 5,304 kg/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 maize (corn) — yield in Paraguay?
- Maize (corn) — yield in Paraguay was 4,150 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 5,485 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Paraguay rank for maize (corn) — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 76th out of 163 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. 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) — 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.