Potatoes — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Potatoes — Yield was 2,089 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Paraguay is 2,089 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 38.0% on the previous year and down 86.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Paraguay peaked at 15,217 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,514 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Paraguay 150th 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 — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,333 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 4,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1964 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1967 | 7,538 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 1968 | 7,830 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 7,898 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 3,077 kg/ha | -61.0% |
| 1971 | 4,333 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 1972 | 5,875 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 1973 | 6,200 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1974 | 6,615 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1975 | 7,228 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 8,028 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1977 | 8,320 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 8,624 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 8,828 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 3,136 kg/ha | -64.5% |
| 1981 | 3,861 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1982 | 5,170 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1983 | 5,918 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1984 | 6,715 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1985 | 6,920 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 6,225 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 6,525 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 7,679 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1989 | 7,205 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 6,700 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1991 | 4,984 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1992 | 5,597 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 5,597 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 5,938 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1995 | 6,010 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 6,127 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 6,179 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 6,192 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 5,996 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 5,273 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 5,426 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 5,602 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 6,400 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 6,329 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 6,235 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 6,474 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 6,458 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 5,050 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2010 | 13,116 kg/ha | +159.7% |
| 2011 | 15,217 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2012 | 12,000 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2013 | 14,768 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2014 | 15,000 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 14,450 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 14,500 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 14,462 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 14,477 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 14,322 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 14,379 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 14,347 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,629 kg/ha | -88.6% |
| 2023 | 1,514 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 2,089 kg/ha | +38.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 2,089 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 11% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 2,089 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,008 kg/ha, 9% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +159.7% | 5,050 kg/ha | 13,116 kg/ha |
| 2022 | -88.6% | 14,347 kg/ha | 1,629 kg/ha |
| 1980 | -64.5% | 8,828 kg/ha | 3,136 kg/ha |
| 1970 | -61.0% | 7,898 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha |
| 1967 | +50.8% | 5,000 kg/ha | 7,538 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,205 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha | 7,898 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,713 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha | 8,828 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,935 kg/ha | 3,136 kg/ha | 7,679 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,932 kg/ha | 4,984 kg/ha | 6,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,975 kg/ha | 5,050 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,231 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 15,217 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,792 kg/ha | 1,514 kg/ha | 14,379 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 potatoes — yield in Paraguay?
- Potatoes — yield in Paraguay was 2,089 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 15,217 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,514 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Paraguay rank for potatoes — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 150th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 86.1%. 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 — 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.