Rice — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Rice — Area harvested was 186,514 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Paraguay stood at 186,514 ha.
The figure is up 9.6% on the previous year and up 55.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 205,744 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 4,600 ha, in 1966.
Paraguay ranks 39th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1963 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,600 ha | -42.5% |
| 1967 | 7,280 ha | +58.3% |
| 1968 | 9,334 ha | +28.2% |
| 1969 | 10,226 ha | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 22,999 ha | +124.9% |
| 1971 | 22,700 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 21,600 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 21,436 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 22,900 ha | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 24,600 ha | +7.4% |
| 1976 | 28,100 ha | +14.2% |
| 1977 | 33,600 ha | +19.6% |
| 1978 | 31,800 ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 30,100 ha | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 24,000 ha | -20.3% |
| 1981 | 23,343 ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 31,400 ha | +34.5% |
| 1983 | 33,900 ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 36,500 ha | +7.7% |
| 1985 | 39,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 31,100 ha | -20.3% |
| 1987 | 40,900 ha | +31.5% |
| 1988 | 33,400 ha | -18.3% |
| 1989 | 32,400 ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 34,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 10,700 ha | -68.5% |
| 1992 | 11,530 ha | +7.8% |
| 1993 | 18,125 ha | +57.2% |
| 1994 | 18,134 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 19,480 ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 20,790 ha | +6.7% |
| 1997 | 22,025 ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 20,860 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 27,770 ha | +33.1% |
| 2000 | 26,252 ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 26,680 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 27,026 ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 30,303 ha | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 31,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 33,500 ha | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 42,000 ha | +25.4% |
| 2007 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 33,870 ha | -19.4% |
| 2009 | 50,000 ha | +47.6% |
| 2010 | 59,476 ha | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 78,606 ha | +32.2% |
| 2012 | 80,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 98,000 ha | +22.5% |
| 2014 | 120,000 ha | +22.4% |
| 2015 | 128,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 130,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 140,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 142,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 162,000 ha | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 180,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2021 | 178,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 205,744 ha | +15.6% |
| 2023 | 170,100 ha | -17.3% |
| 2024 | 186,514 ha | +9.6% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 186,514 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 40,875 ha, 4.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 186,514 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 50,796 ha, 3.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rice — 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 | +124.9% | 10,226 ha | 22,999 ha |
| 1991 | -68.5% | 34,000 ha | 10,700 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,771 ha | 4,600 ha | 10,226 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,984 ha | 21,436 ha | 33,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,594 ha | 23,343 ha | 40,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,341 ha | 10,700 ha | 34,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,263 ha | 26,252 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 113,808 ha | 59,476 ha | 162,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 184,072 ha | 170,100 ha | 205,744 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 36 Russian Federation 206,200 ha compare
- 37 Argentina 190,950 ha compare
- 38 Dominican Republic 187,682 ha compare
- 40 Guinea-Bissau 168,574 ha compare
- 41 Guyana 167,700 ha compare
- 42 Cameroon 160,000 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)
- 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 rice — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Rice — area harvested in Paraguay was 186,514 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 205,744 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,600 ha in 1966.
- How does Paraguay rank for rice — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 39th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.4%. 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 Rice — 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.