Sesame seed — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sesame seed — Yield was 620 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Yield in Paraguay, 1999–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in Paraguay is 620 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.9% on the previous year and down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Paraguay peaked at 1,328 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 329 kg/ha, in 2012.
That places Paraguay 44th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,200 kg/ha | — |
| 2000 | 945.4 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2001 | 1,209 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2002 | 1,328 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2003 | 1,040 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2004 | 850 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2005 | 514.7 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 2006 | 892.9 kg/ha | +73.5% |
| 2007 | 1,000 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 716.4 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2009 | 650 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2010 | 580.1 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2011 | 605 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 329 kg/ha | -45.6% |
| 2013 | 600 kg/ha | +82.4% |
| 2014 | 690 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2015 | 695.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 390 kg/ha | -43.9% |
| 2017 | 550 kg/ha | +41.0% |
| 2018 | 600.1 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 600 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 678.9 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 676.9 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 570.3 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2023 | 680.9 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2024 | 620 kg/ha | -8.9% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 620 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 804.7 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 620 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 713.75 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2000s | 914.7 kg/ha | 514.7 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 563.93 kg/ha | 329 kg/ha | 695.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 645.4 kg/ha | 570.3 kg/ha | 680.9 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 41 Uganda 651.2 kg/ha compare
- 42 Burkina Faso 636.3 kg/ha compare
- 43 Afghanistan 635.9 kg/ha compare
- 45 Panama 604.3 kg/ha compare
- 46 Costa Rica 590.6 kg/ha compare
- 47 Pakistan 590 kg/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 sesame seed — yield in Paraguay?
- Sesame seed — yield in Paraguay was 620 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1,328 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 329 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Paraguay rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 44th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Yield. 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.