Rice — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Rice — Yield was 5,639 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 5,639 kg/ha for rice — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and down 15.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Paraguay peaked at 6,701 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,700 kg/ha, in 1980.
That places Paraguay 29th out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 2,286 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 2,500 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1965 | 2,700 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 2,196 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1967 | 2,496 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1968 | 2,229 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 2,656 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1970 | 1,966 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1971 | 2,079 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 1,796 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1973 | 1,941 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1974 | 2,213 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1975 | 2,271 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 2,020 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 2,044 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 1,831 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1979 | 1,890 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 1,700 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1981 | 1,906 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1982 | 2,010 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 2,143 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1984 | 2,184 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 2,492 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1986 | 2,007 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1987 | 2,573 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1988 | 2,437 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1989 | 2,700 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 2,521 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 3,170 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1992 | 3,832 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1993 | 3,772 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 3,978 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 4,114 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 3,669 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1997 | 3,699 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 3,879 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 4,613 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2000 | 3,849 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2001 | 3,980 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 3,884 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 3,638 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2004 | 4,032 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2005 | 3,045 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 2006 | 3,000 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 3,095 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2008 | 4,272 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 2009 | 4,300 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 5,300 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2011 | 5,194 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 4,950 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 6,300 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2014 | 6,700 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 6,701 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 6,600 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 6,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 6,300 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 6,600 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 6,599 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 6,633 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 4,739 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 2023 | 5,752 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2024 | 5,639 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 5,639 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,474 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 5,639 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,675 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,407 kg/ha | 2,196 kg/ha | 2,700 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,005 kg/ha | 1,796 kg/ha | 2,271 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,215 kg/ha | 1,700 kg/ha | 2,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,725 kg/ha | 2,521 kg/ha | 4,613 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,710 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 4,300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,124 kg/ha | 4,950 kg/ha | 6,701 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,872 kg/ha | 4,739 kg/ha | 6,633 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 rice — yield in Paraguay?
- Rice — yield in Paraguay was 5,639 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 6,701 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,700 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Paraguay rank for rice — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 29th out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.8%. 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 Rice — 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.