Soya beans — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Soya beans — Area harvested was 3.65 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — area harvested in Paraguay is 3.65 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 3.65 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Paraguay 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 8,096 ha | 1,300 ha | 14,280 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 155,228 ha | 28,300 ha | 360,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 613,760 ha | 396,100 ha | 851,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 813,634 ha | 552,657 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.89 million ha | 1.18 million ha | 2.57 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.23 million ha | 2.67 million ha | 3.56 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.61 million ha | 3.54 million ha | 3.65 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 4 China 10.32 million ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 10.32 million ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 4.13 million ha compare
- 8 Ukraine 2.71 million ha compare
- 9 Canada 2.29 million ha compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.69 million ha compare
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 soya beans — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Paraguay was 3.65 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3.65 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Soya beans — 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.