Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Paraguay
Paraguay: Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre was 0.1213 t per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Paraguay, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per square kilometre.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.1213 t per square kilometre for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in 2023.
That represents a change of up 58.1% on the previous year and up 6.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Paraguay peaked at 0.4202 t per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0767 t per square kilometre, in 2022.
Paraguay ranks 64th of 99 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1812 t per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.1762 t per square kilometre | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 0.1868 t per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 0.2171 t per square kilometre | +16.2% |
| 1965 | 0.2509 t per square kilometre | +15.6% |
| 1966 | 0.226 t per square kilometre | -9.9% |
| 1967 | 0.226 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.2147 t per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 0.2362 t per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 0.2479 t per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1971 | 0.2492 t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 0.1815 t per square kilometre | -27.2% |
| 1973 | 0.2217 t per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 1974 | 0.2445 t per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 0.2651 t per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 0.2858 t per square kilometre | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 0.3 t per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.2943 t per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.2676 t per square kilometre | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 0.2822 t per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1981 | 0.189 t per square kilometre | -33.0% |
| 1982 | 0.2089 t per square kilometre | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2205 t per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 0.2316 t per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 0.2563 t per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 0.2204 t per square kilometre | -14.0% |
| 1987 | 0.3535 t per square kilometre | +60.4% |
| 1988 | 0.344 t per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 0.3313 t per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1990 | 0.265 t per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 0.212 t per square kilometre | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2127 t per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.249 t per square kilometre | +17.1% |
| 1994 | 0.2677 t per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 0.1783 t per square kilometre | -33.4% |
| 1996 | 0.1688 t per square kilometre | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 0.1965 t per square kilometre | +16.4% |
| 1998 | 0.1937 t per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.1998 t per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1738 t per square kilometre | -13.0% |
| 2001 | 0.3295 t per square kilometre | +89.6% |
| 2002 | 0.3131 t per square kilometre | -5.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2676 t per square kilometre | -14.5% |
| 2004 | 0.4202 t per square kilometre | +57.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3386 t per square kilometre | -19.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4165 t per square kilometre | +23.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2618 t per square kilometre | -37.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1092 t per square kilometre | -58.3% |
| 2009 | 0.112 t per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.1079 t per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 0.1143 t per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 0.1143 t per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1143 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.1309 t per square kilometre | +14.5% |
| 2015 | 0.1213 t per square kilometre | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 0.1252 t per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 0.1252 t per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1274 t per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.1272 t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.131 t per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1319 t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0767 t per square kilometre | -41.8% |
| 2023 | 0.1213 t per square kilometre | +58.1% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.1213 t per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4644 t per square kilometre, 26% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.1213 t per square kilometre is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1715 t per square kilometre, 71% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +89.6% | 0.1738 t per square kilometre | 0.3295 t per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2128 t per square kilometre | 0.1762 t per square kilometre | 0.2509 t per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.2558 t per square kilometre | 0.1815 t per square kilometre | 0.3 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2638 t per square kilometre | 0.189 t per square kilometre | 0.3535 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2143 t per square kilometre | 0.1688 t per square kilometre | 0.2677 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2742 t per square kilometre | 0.1092 t per square kilometre | 0.4202 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1208 t per square kilometre | 0.1079 t per square kilometre | 0.1309 t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1152 t per square kilometre | 0.0767 t per square kilometre | 0.1319 t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
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 sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Paraguay?
- Sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre in Paraguay was 0.1213 t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4202 t per square kilometre in 2004.
- What is the lowest sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0767 t per square kilometre in 2022.
- How does Paraguay rank for sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre?
- Paraguay ranks 64th out of 99 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sweet potatoes — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Sweet potatoes — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Sweet potatoes — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Sweet potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Sweet potatoes — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.