Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Seed cotton, unginned — Yield was 2,010 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Paraguay stood at 2,010 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 82.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, seed cotton, unginned — yield in Paraguay peaked at 2,483 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 460.2 kg/ha, in 1966.
Paraguay ranks 28th of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Seed cotton, unginned — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 745.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 650 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1963 | 630.2 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 742.8 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1965 | 740.7 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 460.2 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 1967 | 699 kg/ha | +51.9% |
| 1968 | 809.1 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 675 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1970 | 856.2 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1971 | 527.1 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 1972 | 924.8 kg/ha | +75.5% |
| 1973 | 1,052 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1974 | 962.4 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 996.1 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1976 | 977.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 1,136 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1978 | 996 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 750.9 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1980 | 880.8 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1981 | 1,400 kg/ha | +58.9% |
| 1982 | 1,058 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1983 | 1,142 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1984 | 1,282 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1985 | 1,216 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 892.4 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1987 | 873.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 1,349 kg/ha | +54.5% |
| 1989 | 1,438 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 1,263 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1991 | 1,523 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1992 | 895 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 1993 | 1,787 kg/ha | +99.7% |
| 1994 | 996.6 kg/ha | -44.2% |
| 1995 | 1,388 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1996 | 1,075 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1997 | 1,256 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1998 | 1,099 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1999 | 1,217 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 1,266 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 988.5 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2002 | 757.6 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 2003 | 926.8 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2004 | 1,031 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2005 | 880 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2006 | 734.7 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 2007 | 954.5 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 2008 | 962.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 600 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 2010 | 1,097 kg/ha | +82.8% |
| 2011 | 1,232 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2012 | 576 kg/ha | -53.3% |
| 2013 | 1,100 kg/ha | +91.0% |
| 2014 | 1,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,176 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 1,180 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,400 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2018 | 2,000 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 2019 | 1,500 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 2,461 kg/ha | +64.1% |
| 2021 | 2,483 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1,535 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 2023 | 2,007 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 2024 | 2,010 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 2,010 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,839 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 2,010 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,480 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 683.63 kg/ha | 460.2 kg/ha | 809.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 917.89 kg/ha | 527.1 kg/ha | 1,136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,153 kg/ha | 873.2 kg/ha | 1,438 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,250 kg/ha | 895 kg/ha | 1,787 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 910.18 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 1,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,236 kg/ha | 576 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,099 kg/ha | 1,535 kg/ha | 2,483 kg/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 seed cotton, unginned — yield in Paraguay?
- Seed cotton, unginned — yield in Paraguay was 2,010 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2,483 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest seed cotton, unginned — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 460.2 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Paraguay rank for seed cotton, unginned — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 28th out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is seed cotton, unginned — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 82.7%. 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 Seed cotton, unginned — 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.