Sunflower seed — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sunflower seed — Yield was 1,674 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Yield in Paraguay, 1975–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sunflower seed — yield in Paraguay is 1,674 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Paraguay peaked at 2,100 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 885.8 kg/ha, in 1986.
That places Paraguay 38th out of 76 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1976 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 904.3 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1983 | 1,088 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1984 | 1,095 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 1,103 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 885.8 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1987 | 1,214 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 1988 | 1,267 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 1,181 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1990 | 1,438 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1991 | 944.7 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1992 | 1,231 kg/ha | +30.3% |
| 1993 | 1,459 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1994 | 1,285 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1995 | 1,424 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1996 | 1,566 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 951.4 kg/ha | -39.2% |
| 1998 | 1,312 kg/ha | +37.9% |
| 1999 | 1,391 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 1,158 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2001 | 1,312 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2002 | 1,398 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 1,292 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 1,500 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2005 | 1,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,478 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 1,743 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2008 | 1,927 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 1,000 kg/ha | -48.1% |
| 2010 | 1,560 kg/ha | +56.0% |
| 2011 | 1,560 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,579 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 2,100 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 2014 | 1,800 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 1,808 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,600 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2017 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,400 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 1,609 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2021 | 1,640 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 1,839 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 1,689 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 1,674 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 1,674 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,667 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 1,674 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,381 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1980s | 1,074 kg/ha | 885.8 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,300 kg/ha | 944.7 kg/ha | 1,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,431 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,661 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 2,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,690 kg/ha | 1,609 kg/ha | 1,839 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 35 Bulgaria 1,770 kg/ha compare
- 36 Russian Federation 1,746 kg/ha compare
- 37 South Sudan 1,745 kg/ha compare
- 39 Belarus 1,667 kg/ha compare
- 40 Pakistan 1,572 kg/ha compare
- 41 Australia 1,517 kg/ha compare
- 41 Australia and New Zealand 1,517 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 sunflower seed — yield in Paraguay?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Paraguay was 1,674 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2,100 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 885.8 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Paraguay rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 38th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.