Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 171,312 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Paraguay stood at 171,312 ha.
The figure is down 9.0% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 325,060 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 78,700 ha, in 1961.
That places Paraguay 45th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 78,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 79,700 ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 80,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 114,000 ha | +42.3% |
| 1965 | 120,700 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 113,160 ha | -6.2% |
| 1967 | 107,730 ha | -4.8% |
| 1968 | 109,990 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 113,510 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 113,734 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 104,100 ha | -8.5% |
| 1972 | 106,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 91,870 ha | -13.7% |
| 1974 | 103,277 ha | +12.4% |
| 1975 | 110,044 ha | +6.6% |
| 1976 | 120,651 ha | +9.6% |
| 1977 | 130,824 ha | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 135,765 ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 141,498 ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 151,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 190,600 ha | +25.8% |
| 1982 | 191,780 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 193,090 ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 195,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 199,614 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 210,957 ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 219,108 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 243,840 ha | +11.3% |
| 1989 | 247,889 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 253,650 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 186,322 ha | -26.5% |
| 1992 | 190,423 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 196,012 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 186,793 ha | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 221,004 ha | +18.3% |
| 1996 | 200,350 ha | -9.3% |
| 1997 | 230,314 ha | +15.0% |
| 1998 | 246,977 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 258,063 ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 212,905 ha | -17.5% |
| 2001 | 261,011 ha | +22.6% |
| 2002 | 279,286 ha | +7.0% |
| 2003 | 303,236 ha | +8.6% |
| 2004 | 325,060 ha | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 310,170 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 321,180 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 313,200 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 175,861 ha | -43.9% |
| 2009 | 185,160 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 182,535 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 186,785 ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 177,595 ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 180,460 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 185,440 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 187,100 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 187,250 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 187,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 188,344 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 193,357 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 190,548 ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 193,574 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 161,602 ha | -16.5% |
| 2023 | 188,325 ha | +16.5% |
| 2024 | 171,312 ha | -9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 101,954 ha | 78,700 ha | 120,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 115,816 ha | 91,870 ha | 141,498 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 204,428 ha | 151,500 ha | 247,889 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 216,991 ha | 186,322 ha | 258,063 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 268,707 ha | 175,861 ha | 325,060 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 185,613 ha | 177,595 ha | 193,357 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 181,072 ha | 161,602 ha | 193,574 ha | 5 |
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- 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Paraguay was 171,312 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 325,060 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 78,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 45th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. 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 Roots and Tubers, 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.