Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 62,405 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar crops primary — yield in Paraguay is 62,405 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Paraguay peaked at 70,771 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 29,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Paraguay 63rd out of 152 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 30,435 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 36,109 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1965 | 37,000 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 38,000 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 38,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 34,078 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 34,949 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 34,938 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 35,451 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 33,803 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 39,314 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1974 | 41,916 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1975 | 34,264 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1976 | 34,691 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 37,413 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 36,131 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 36,940 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 37,511 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 44,625 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1982 | 46,481 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 46,461 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 46,824 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 49,393 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 46,667 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 40,181 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1988 | 50,982 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1989 | 50,376 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 40,822 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1991 | 50,395 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1992 | 49,878 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 50,258 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 50,314 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 46,000 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 48,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 48,344 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 48,276 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 46,953 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 37,761 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2001 | 40,218 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 56,800 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 2003 | 52,373 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 52,000 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 40,811 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2006 | 42,667 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 50,000 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2008 | 62,075 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2009 | 48,000 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2010 | 51,309 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2011 | 51,310 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 36,400 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2013 | 47,800 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2014 | 54,000 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2015 | 55,845 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 55,900 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 56,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 56,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 56,500 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 70,771 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 2021 | 68,772 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 55,892 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2023 | 62,011 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2024 | 62,405 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 62,405 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 45,353 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 62,405 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 61,838 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +41.2% | 40,218 kg/ha | 56,800 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,174 kg/ha | 29,000 kg/ha | 38,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,486 kg/ha | 33,803 kg/ha | 41,916 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 45,950 kg/ha | 37,511 kg/ha | 50,982 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,924 kg/ha | 40,822 kg/ha | 50,395 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48,271 kg/ha | 37,761 kg/ha | 62,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,106 kg/ha | 36,400 kg/ha | 56,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 63,970 kg/ha | 55,892 kg/ha | 70,771 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 sugar crops primary — yield in Paraguay?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Paraguay was 62,405 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 70,771 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 63rd out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — Yield. 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.