Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 3.85 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Paraguay is 3.85 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 3.85 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 66,700 ha, in 1961.
Paraguay ranks 17th of 186 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, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 83,100 ha | +24.6% |
| 1963 | 95,600 ha | +15.0% |
| 1964 | 98,150 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 114,780 ha | +16.9% |
| 1966 | 125,580 ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 93,190 ha | -25.8% |
| 1968 | 89,500 ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 117,330 ha | +31.1% |
| 1970 | 127,980 ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 147,746 ha | +15.4% |
| 1972 | 192,746 ha | +30.5% |
| 1973 | 210,958 ha | +9.4% |
| 1974 | 281,027 ha | +33.2% |
| 1975 | 300,650 ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 342,271 ha | +13.8% |
| 1977 | 497,900 ha | +45.5% |
| 1978 | 617,445 ha | +24.0% |
| 1979 | 738,266 ha | +19.6% |
| 1980 | 806,402 ha | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 703,434 ha | -12.8% |
| 1982 | 838,300 ha | +19.2% |
| 1983 | 951,900 ha | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 1.05 million ha | +9.9% |
| 1985 | 1.21 million ha | +16.1% |
| 1986 | 1.02 million ha | -16.0% |
| 1987 | 1.06 million ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 1.27 million ha | +20.1% |
| 1989 | 1.40 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 1.51 million ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 1.04 million ha | -31.0% |
| 1992 | 1.10 million ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 953,965 ha | -13.3% |
| 1994 | 1.18 million ha | +23.5% |
| 1995 | 1.16 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1996 | 1.25 million ha | +7.2% |
| 1997 | 1.16 million ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 1.41 million ha | +22.2% |
| 1999 | 1.45 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 1.52 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 1.77 million ha | +16.0% |
| 2002 | 1.72 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 1.78 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 2.36 million ha | +32.5% |
| 2005 | 2.44 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 2.68 million ha | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 2.80 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 2.79 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 2.99 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 3.04 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 3.10 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 3.23 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 3.36 million ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 3.77 million ha | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 3.82 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 3.62 million ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 3.63 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 3.67 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 3.75 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 3.82 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 3.83 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 3.67 million ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 3.81 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 3.85 million ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 98,214 ha | 66,700 ha | 125,580 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 345,699 ha | 127,980 ha | 738,266 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.03 million ha | 703,434 ha | 1.40 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.22 million ha | 953,965 ha | 1.51 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.28 million ha | 1.52 million ha | 2.99 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.50 million ha | 3.04 million ha | 3.82 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.80 million ha | 3.67 million ha | 3.85 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 14 Pakistan 4.20 million ha compare
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 4.01 million ha compare
- 16 Australia 4.01 million ha compare
- 18 Philippines 3.85 million ha compare
- 19 Sudan (former) 3.52 million ha compare
- 20 Spain 3.46 million 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.64 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.64 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Paraguay was 3.85 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3.85 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 66,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 17th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. 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, Oil 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.