Sorghum — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sorghum — Yield was 2,375 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sorghum — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 2,375 kg/ha for sorghum — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 7.6% on the previous year and down 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sorghum — yield in Paraguay peaked at 5,985 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 882.4 kg/ha, in 1963.
Paraguay ranks 37th of 111 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.
Sorghum — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,086 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,094 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 882.4 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1964 | 1,150 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1965 | 1,152 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 1,150 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 1,152 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 1,500 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1969 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,114 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1971 | 1,222 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 1,203 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 1,209 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 1,281 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 1,309 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 1,317 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 1,328 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 1,265 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 1,234 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 1,286 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 1,300 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 1,320 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 1,182 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1984 | 1,196 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 1,301 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 1,319 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 1,431 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 1,342 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 1,345 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 1,165 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1991 | 1,339 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 1,400 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 1,335 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 1,299 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 1,475 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1996 | 1,502 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 1,502 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,498 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 1,415 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 1,306 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 1,402 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 1,209 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2003 | 1,172 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 2,407 kg/ha | +105.3% |
| 2005 | 2,060 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2006 | 2,256 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 2,273 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 2,427 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 2,415 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 5,985 kg/ha | +147.8% |
| 2011 | 5,985 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,985 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2013 | 4,202 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2014 | 3,500 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2015 | 3,475 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 3,480 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 3,480 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3,480 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3,477 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 3,480 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,480 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,086 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2023 | 2,569 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2024 | 2,375 kg/ha | -7.6% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 2,375 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,374 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 2,375 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,187 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sorghum — Yield in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +147.8% | 2,415 kg/ha | 5,985 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +105.3% | 1,172 kg/ha | 2,407 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,185 kg/ha | 882.4 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,248 kg/ha | 1,114 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,302 kg/ha | 1,182 kg/ha | 1,431 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,393 kg/ha | 1,165 kg/ha | 1,502 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,893 kg/ha | 1,172 kg/ha | 2,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,205 kg/ha | 3,475 kg/ha | 5,985 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,998 kg/ha | 2,375 kg/ha | 3,480 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 sorghum — yield in Paraguay?
- Sorghum — yield in Paraguay was 2,375 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sorghum — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 5,985 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sorghum — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 882.4 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Paraguay rank for sorghum — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 37th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sorghum — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.2%. 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 — 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.