Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 3.84 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Paraguay stood at 3.84 million ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 3.84 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 54,700 ha, in 1961.
Paraguay ranks 18th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70,600 ha | +29.1% |
| 1963 | 85,600 ha | +21.2% |
| 1964 | 88,150 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 103,580 ha | +17.5% |
| 1966 | 116,880 ha | +12.8% |
| 1967 | 89,020 ha | -23.8% |
| 1968 | 84,100 ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 108,720 ha | +29.3% |
| 1970 | 114,650 ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 133,900 ha | +16.8% |
| 1972 | 173,400 ha | +29.5% |
| 1973 | 191,699 ha | +10.6% |
| 1974 | 257,500 ha | +34.3% |
| 1975 | 282,650 ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 321,200 ha | +13.6% |
| 1977 | 476,100 ha | +48.2% |
| 1978 | 597,600 ha | +25.5% |
| 1979 | 716,100 ha | +19.8% |
| 1980 | 783,100 ha | +9.4% |
| 1981 | 689,546 ha | -11.9% |
| 1982 | 811,300 ha | +17.7% |
| 1983 | 899,900 ha | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 1.00 million ha | +11.5% |
| 1985 | 1.18 million ha | +17.3% |
| 1986 | 986,400 ha | -16.2% |
| 1987 | 1.03 million ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 1.24 million ha | +20.5% |
| 1989 | 1.37 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1990 | 1.48 million ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 1.02 million ha | -31.4% |
| 1992 | 1.08 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 931,325 ha | -13.6% |
| 1994 | 1.16 million ha | +24.1% |
| 1995 | 1.14 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 1.22 million ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 1.14 million ha | -7.2% |
| 1998 | 1.39 million ha | +22.5% |
| 1999 | 1.44 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 1.50 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 1.74 million ha | +16.1% |
| 2002 | 1.71 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 1.76 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 2.34 million ha | +32.6% |
| 2005 | 2.41 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 2.65 million ha | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 2.78 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 2.77 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 2.97 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 3.03 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 3.09 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3.21 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 3.35 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 3.76 million ha | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 3.80 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 3.60 million ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 3.62 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 3.65 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 3.73 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 3.81 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 3.81 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 3.66 million ha | -3.9% |
| 2023 | 3.80 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 3.84 million ha | +0.9% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 3.84 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21,712 ha, 176.8× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 3.84 million ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 30,920 ha, 124.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,039 ha | 54,700 ha | 116,880 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 326,480 ha | 114,650 ha | 716,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 999,345 ha | 689,546 ha | 1.37 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.20 million ha | 931,325 ha | 1.48 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.26 million ha | 1.50 million ha | 2.97 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.48 million ha | 3.03 million ha | 3.80 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.79 million ha | 3.66 million ha | 3.84 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 65,941 ha compare
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 3.98 million ha compare
- 16 Australia 3.97 million ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 58,183 ha compare
- 17 Philippines 3.85 million ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 54,092 ha compare
- 18 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23,379 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 18,024 ha compare
- 19 Sudan (former) 3.52 million ha compare
- 20 Myanmar 3.41 million ha compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 16,430 ha compare
- 21 Kazakhstan 2.89 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 1.46 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.6888 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.4162 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0003 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 2.4 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Paraguay was 3.84 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3.84 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 18th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.