Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Pulses, Total — Area harvested was 56,880 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — area harvested in Paraguay stood at 56,880 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 41.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 105,774 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 28,500 ha, in 1961.
Paraguay ranks 81st of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 28,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 32,200 ha | +11.8% |
| 1965 | 39,300 ha | +22.0% |
| 1966 | 40,650 ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 41,220 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 38,500 ha | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 35,190 ha | -8.6% |
| 1970 | 62,114 ha | +76.5% |
| 1971 | 61,400 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 59,100 ha | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 57,800 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 55,718 ha | -3.6% |
| 1975 | 67,786 ha | +21.7% |
| 1976 | 76,697 ha | +13.1% |
| 1977 | 86,678 ha | +13.0% |
| 1978 | 105,774 ha | +22.0% |
| 1979 | 101,186 ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 99,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 60,500 ha | -39.3% |
| 1982 | 61,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 63,900 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 66,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 70,365 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 52,279 ha | -25.7% |
| 1987 | 65,063 ha | +24.5% |
| 1988 | 66,684 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 63,135 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 54,699 ha | -13.4% |
| 1991 | 54,091 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 54,771 ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 60,222 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 59,281 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 63,526 ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 63,024 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 69,630 ha | +10.5% |
| 1998 | 66,433 ha | -4.6% |
| 1999 | 70,179 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 66,460 ha | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 75,798 ha | +14.1% |
| 2002 | 79,763 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 86,466 ha | +8.4% |
| 2004 | 88,409 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 94,920 ha | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 102,195 ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 105,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 74,395 ha | -29.1% |
| 2009 | 81,400 ha | +9.4% |
| 2010 | 77,808 ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 86,088 ha | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 87,786 ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 97,026 ha | +10.5% |
| 2014 | 97,533 ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 97,845 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 98,975 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 99,638 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 100,926 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 100,646 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 100,690 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 100,706 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 49,863 ha | -50.5% |
| 2023 | 57,881 ha | +16.1% |
| 2024 | 56,880 ha | -1.7% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 56,880 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 18,525 ha, 3.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 56,880 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 14,808 ha, 3.8× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +76.5% | 35,190 ha | 62,114 ha |
| 2022 | -50.5% | 100,706 ha | 49,863 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,762 ha | 28,500 ha | 41,220 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,425 ha | 55,718 ha | 105,774 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,973 ha | 52,279 ha | 99,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 61,586 ha | 54,091 ha | 70,179 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 85,481 ha | 66,460 ha | 105,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94,427 ha | 77,808 ha | 100,926 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,204 ha | 49,863 ha | 100,706 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 pulses, total — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Pulses, total — area harvested in Paraguay was 56,880 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 105,774 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 81st out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — 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.