Sugar cane — Production in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sugar cane — Production was 6.86 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sugar cane — Production in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 6.86 million t for sugar cane — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — production in Paraguay peaked at 7.43 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 646,700 t, in 1961.
That places Paraguay 23rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sugar cane — Production in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 646,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 672,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 700,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 964,100 t | +37.7% |
| 1965 | 991,600 t | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 988,000 t | -0.4% |
| 1967 | 988,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 702,000 t | -28.9% |
| 1969 | 821,300 t | +17.0% |
| 1970 | 1.42 million t | +72.3% |
| 1971 | 1.41 million t | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 1.04 million t | -25.8% |
| 1973 | 1.10 million t | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 1.20 million t | +9.3% |
| 1975 | 1.04 million t | -13.7% |
| 1976 | 1.08 million t | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 1.16 million t | +7.7% |
| 1978 | 1.26 million t | +8.6% |
| 1979 | 1.29 million t | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 1.37 million t | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 2.15 million t | +56.9% |
| 1982 | 2.32 million t | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 2.41 million t | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 2.56 million t | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 2.73 million t | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 2.76 million t | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 2.55 million t | -7.5% |
| 1988 | 2.71 million t | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 2.90 million t | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 2.45 million t | -15.4% |
| 1991 | 2.82 million t | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 2.79 million t | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 2.81 million t | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 2.80 million t | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 2.58 million t | -8.0% |
| 1996 | 2.74 million t | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 2.79 million t | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 2.80 million t | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 2.87 million t | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 2.24 million t | -21.8% |
| 2001 | 2.40 million t | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 2.98 million t | +24.2% |
| 2003 | 3.26 million t | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 3.64 million t | +11.5% |
| 2005 | 3.02 million t | -17.0% |
| 2006 | 3.20 million t | +6.0% |
| 2007 | 4.10 million t | +28.1% |
| 2008 | 5.08 million t | +23.9% |
| 2009 | 4.80 million t | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 5.13 million t | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 5.34 million t | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 4.19 million t | -21.6% |
| 2013 | 5.54 million t | +32.5% |
| 2014 | 6.37 million t | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 6.70 million t | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 6.71 million t | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 6.61 million t | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 6.16 million t | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 5.82 million t | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 7.43 million t | +27.7% |
| 2021 | 7.22 million t | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 5.05 million t | -30.1% |
| 2023 | 6.86 million t | +35.8% |
| 2024 | 6.86 million t | +0.1% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 6.86 million t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.66 million t, 1.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 6.86 million t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.67 million t, 4.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar cane — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +72.3% | 821,300 t | 1.42 million t |
| 1981 | +56.9% | 1.37 million t | 2.15 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 830,411 t | 646,700 t | 991,600 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.20 million t | 1.04 million t | 1.42 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.45 million t | 1.37 million t | 2.90 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.74 million t | 2.45 million t | 2.87 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 3.47 million t | 2.24 million t | 5.08 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.86 million t | 4.19 million t | 6.71 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.68 million t | 5.05 million t | 7.43 million t | 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 sugar cane — production in Paraguay?
- Sugar cane — production in Paraguay was 6.86 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — production recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 7.43 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — production recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 646,700 t in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for sugar cane — production?
- Paraguay ranks 23rd out of 103 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar cane — production rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. 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 Sugar cane — Production. 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.