Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 15,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 15,000 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 33.3% on the previous year and down 75.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 194,000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
Paraguay ranks 49th of 90 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,450 ha | 0 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1980s | 10,641 ha | 1,000 ha | 19,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,451 ha | 253 ha | 62,003 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,178 ha | 24,000 ha | 194,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,081 ha | 28,000 ha | 168,103 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,631 ha | 3,257 ha | 22,500 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 46 Poland 17,650 ha compare
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- 48 Czechia 16,420 ha compare
- 51 Azerbaijan 10,878 ha compare
- 52 Uzbekistan 9,923 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Paraguay was 15,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 194,000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 49th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.8%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.