Soya beans — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Soya beans — Yield was 3,040 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Soya beans — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Paraguay is 3,040 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.6% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Paraguay peaked at 3,394 kg/ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 1,130 kg/ha, in 1980.
Paraguay ranks 9th of 98 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Soya beans — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,615 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,611 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 1,837 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1964 | 3,056 kg/ha | +66.3% |
| 1965 | 1,925 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 1966 | 1,510 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1967 | 1,432 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 3,394 kg/ha | +137.1% |
| 1969 | 2,797 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1970 | 1,459 kg/ha | -47.8% |
| 1971 | 1,379 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 1,281 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 1,506 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1974 | 1,424 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1975 | 1,465 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 1,635 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1977 | 1,647 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 1,224 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1979 | 1,524 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1980 | 1,130 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1981 | 1,922 kg/ha | +70.0% |
| 1982 | 1,507 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1983 | 1,473 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 1,527 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 1,631 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 1,502 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 1,945 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1988 | 1,838 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 1,897 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 1,994 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 1,869 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 2,004 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 2,824 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 1994 | 2,587 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1995 | 3,008 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1996 | 2,875 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 2,842 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 2,630 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 2,619 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 2,533 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 2,601 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 2,283 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2003 | 2,852 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2004 | 1,916 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2005 | 2,024 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2006 | 1,727 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 2,500 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 2008 | 2,562 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 1,500 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 2010 | 2,793 kg/ha | +86.2% |
| 2011 | 2,962 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 1,488 kg/ha | -49.8% |
| 2013 | 2,950 kg/ha | +98.3% |
| 2014 | 2,850 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 2,502 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2016 | 2,719 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 3,100 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2018 | 3,147 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,390 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2020 | 3,036 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2021 | 2,895 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 1,475 kg/ha | -49.1% |
| 2023 | 2,826 kg/ha | +91.7% |
| 2024 | 3,040 kg/ha | +7.6% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 3,040 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,932 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 3,040 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,060 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +137.1% | 1,432 kg/ha | 3,394 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,131 kg/ha | 1,432 kg/ha | 3,394 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,454 kg/ha | 1,224 kg/ha | 1,647 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,637 kg/ha | 1,130 kg/ha | 1,945 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,525 kg/ha | 1,869 kg/ha | 3,008 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,250 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,690 kg/ha | 1,488 kg/ha | 3,147 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,654 kg/ha | 1,475 kg/ha | 3,040 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,909 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uruguay 3,226 kg/ha compare
- 7 Brazil 3,147 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,884 kg/ha compare
- 8 Ethiopia PDR 3,088 kg/ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 1,627 kg/ha compare
- 10 Egypt 3,000 kg/ha compare
- 11 Australia 2,968 kg/ha compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 1,219 kg/ha compare
- 11 Australia and New Zealand 2,968 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 soya beans — yield in Paraguay?
- Soya beans — yield in Paraguay was 3,040 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 3,394 kg/ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,130 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Paraguay rank for soya beans — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 9th out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. 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 Soya beans — 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.