Pulses, Total — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Pulses, Total — Yield was 724.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 724.9 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.8% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Paraguay peaked at 1,022 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 514 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Paraguay 139th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 764.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 729.8 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 752.1 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 735.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 735.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1966 | 612.1 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 692.1 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1968 | 605.2 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1969 | 638.2 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1970 | 638.1 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 656.4 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 597.4 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 726.6 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1974 | 808.7 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1975 | 793.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1976 | 806.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 813.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 830.7 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 804.8 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 748.5 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 855.4 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 853.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 845.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 863.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 865.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 704.4 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1987 | 1,022 kg/ha | +45.0% |
| 1988 | 1,020 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 1,017 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 995.5 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 863.8 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1992 | 872.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 861.8 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 764 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1995 | 940.6 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1996 | 778.1 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1997 | 919.1 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1998 | 738.6 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1999 | 790.5 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 704.5 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2001 | 856.6 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2002 | 829.6 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 892.7 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 905 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 912.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 830 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2007 | 828.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 819.5 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 735.6 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 855.7 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2011 | 835.3 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 514 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 2013 | 775 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 2014 | 798.6 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2015 | 797.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 789.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 821.9 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 818.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 853.5 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 897.7 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 893 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 812.4 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2023 | 666 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2024 | 724.9 kg/ha | +8.8% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 724.9 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,265 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 724.9 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,136 kg/ha, 64% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +50.8% | 514 kg/ha | 775 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +45.0% | 704.4 kg/ha | 1,022 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 696.13 kg/ha | 605.2 kg/ha | 764.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 747.64 kg/ha | 597.4 kg/ha | 830.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 879.39 kg/ha | 704.4 kg/ha | 1,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 852.41 kg/ha | 738.6 kg/ha | 995.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 831.44 kg/ha | 704.5 kg/ha | 912.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 785.91 kg/ha | 514 kg/ha | 855.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 798.8 kg/ha | 666 kg/ha | 897.7 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 pulses, total — yield in Paraguay?
- Pulses, total — yield in Paraguay was 724.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1,022 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 514 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Paraguay rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 139th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.