Sorghum — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sorghum — Area harvested was 18,617 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sorghum — area harvested in Paraguay is 18,617 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 30.7% on the previous year and down 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 33,062 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 3,200 ha, in 1962.
That places Paraguay 63rd out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,506 ha | 3,200 ha | 4,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,705 ha | 4,310 ha | 6,900 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,891 ha | 4,600 ha | 11,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,076 ha | 10,007 ha | 17,770 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,327 ha | 7,935 ha | 33,062 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,006 ha | 24,988 ha | 31,060 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,077 ha | 10,477 ha | 31,025 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay
- 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)
- Rural population 29.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 2.08 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.74 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 88,870 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sorghum — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Sorghum — area harvested in Paraguay was 18,617 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 33,062 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest sorghum — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,200 ha in 1962.
- How does Paraguay rank for sorghum — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 63rd out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.5%. 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 Sorghum — 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.