Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested was 12,775 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Paraguay is 12,775 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.5% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 508,500 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 9,493 ha, in 2018.
Paraguay ranks 46th of 94 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.
Seed cotton, unginned — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1963 | 63,000 ha | +26.0% |
| 1964 | 48,600 ha | -22.9% |
| 1965 | 56,700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1966 | 62,800 ha | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 38,200 ha | -39.2% |
| 1968 | 37,200 ha | -2.6% |
| 1969 | 60,000 ha | +61.3% |
| 1970 | 46,250 ha | -22.9% |
| 1971 | 33,200 ha | -28.2% |
| 1972 | 57,200 ha | +72.3% |
| 1973 | 81,100 ha | +41.8% |
| 1974 | 93,200 ha | +14.9% |
| 1975 | 100,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1976 | 109,900 ha | +9.9% |
| 1977 | 200,200 ha | +82.2% |
| 1978 | 284,900 ha | +42.3% |
| 1979 | 312,500 ha | +9.7% |
| 1980 | 258,300 ha | -17.3% |
| 1981 | 244,076 ha | -5.5% |
| 1982 | 246,100 ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 262,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 294,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1985 | 385,900 ha | +31.3% |
| 1986 | 384,600 ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 284,400 ha | -26.1% |
| 1988 | 402,600 ha | +41.6% |
| 1989 | 438,300 ha | +8.9% |
| 1990 | 508,500 ha | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 414,700 ha | -18.4% |
| 1992 | 437,300 ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 235,454 ha | -46.2% |
| 1994 | 381,186 ha | +61.9% |
| 1995 | 332,280 ha | -12.8% |
| 1996 | 306,632 ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 110,697 ha | -63.9% |
| 1998 | 202,000 ha | +82.5% |
| 1999 | 166,204 ha | -17.7% |
| 2000 | 194,760 ha | +17.2% |
| 2001 | 297,865 ha | +52.9% |
| 2002 | 163,230 ha | -45.2% |
| 2003 | 186,405 ha | +14.2% |
| 2004 | 320,000 ha | +71.7% |
| 2005 | 225,000 ha | -29.7% |
| 2006 | 245,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 110,000 ha | -55.1% |
| 2008 | 66,256 ha | -39.8% |
| 2009 | 30,000 ha | -54.7% |
| 2010 | 13,727 ha | -54.2% |
| 2011 | 24,845 ha | +81.0% |
| 2012 | 50,000 ha | +101.2% |
| 2013 | 45,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 14,000 ha | -68.9% |
| 2015 | 12,600 ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 12,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 10,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 9,493 ha | -5.1% |
| 2019 | 18,000 ha | +89.6% |
| 2020 | 11,800 ha | -34.4% |
| 2021 | 12,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 18,854 ha | +57.1% |
| 2023 | 18,640 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 12,775 ha | -31.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,167 ha | 35,000 ha | 63,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 131,845 ha | 33,200 ha | 312,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 320,088 ha | 244,076 ha | 438,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 309,495 ha | 110,697 ha | 508,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 183,852 ha | 30,000 ha | 320,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,966 ha | 9,493 ha | 50,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,814 ha | 11,800 ha | 18,854 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 43 Bangladesh 14,724 ha compare
- 44 Madagascar 13,122 ha compare
- 45 Kyrgyzstan 12,899 ha compare
- 47 Colombia 12,020 ha compare
- 48 Peru 10,756 ha compare
- 49 Zambia 10,367 ha compare
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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)
- Agriculture share gdp 11.64 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 11.64 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Seed cotton, unginned — area harvested in Paraguay was 12,775 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 508,500 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,493 ha in 2018.
- How does Paraguay rank for seed cotton, unginned — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 46th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.