Potatoes — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Potatoes — Area harvested was 560 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Paraguay is 560 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 36.4% on the previous year and up 133.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 2,200 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 2009.
That places Paraguay 131st out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,600 ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 2,100 ha | +31.2% |
| 1965 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 1,300 ha | -35.0% |
| 1968 | 1,290 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 1,470 ha | +14.0% |
| 1970 | 1,234 ha | -16.1% |
| 1971 | 600 ha | -51.4% |
| 1972 | 800 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | -37.5% |
| 1974 | 668 ha | +33.6% |
| 1975 | 509 ha | -23.8% |
| 1976 | 436 ha | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 638 ha | +46.3% |
| 1978 | 859 ha | +34.6% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | +16.4% |
| 1980 | 1,400 ha | +40.0% |
| 1981 | 813 ha | -41.9% |
| 1982 | 880 ha | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 490 ha | -44.3% |
| 1984 | 200 ha | -59.2% |
| 1985 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 120 ha | -40.0% |
| 1988 | 140 ha | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 200 ha | +42.9% |
| 1990 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 250 ha | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 283 ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 283 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 289 ha | +2.1% |
| 1995 | 293 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 301 ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 302 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 232 ha | -23.2% |
| 2000 | 187 ha | -19.4% |
| 2001 | 202 ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 196 ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 135 ha | -31.1% |
| 2004 | 155 ha | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 170 ha | +9.7% |
| 2006 | 190 ha | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 194 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 40 ha | -79.4% |
| 2010 | 103 ha | +157.5% |
| 2011 | 230 ha | +123.3% |
| 2012 | 320 ha | +39.1% |
| 2013 | 237 ha | -25.9% |
| 2014 | 240 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 242 ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 250 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 266 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 270 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 277 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 285 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 773 ha | +171.2% |
| 2023 | 880 ha | +13.8% |
| 2024 | 560 ha | -36.4% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 560 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 4% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 560 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 18% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +171.2% | 285 ha | 773 ha |
| 2010 | +157.5% | 40 ha | 103 ha |
| 2011 | +123.3% | 103 ha | 230 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,596 ha | 1,200 ha | 2,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 724.4 ha | 436 ha | 1,234 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 464.3 ha | 120 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 273.3 ha | 200 ha | 302 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 166.9 ha | 40 ha | 202 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 241.8 ha | 103 ha | 320 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 555 ha | 277 ha | 880 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 potatoes — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Paraguay was 560 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2,200 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 2009.
- How does Paraguay rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 131st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 133.3%. 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 Potatoes — 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.