Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 15,383 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Paraguay stood at 15,383 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 19,300 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 9,520 ha, in 1961.
Paraguay ranks 113th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,520 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,740 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 10,040 ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 10,300 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 10,860 ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 11,080 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 10,170 ha | -8.2% |
| 1968 | 10,170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,810 ha | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 10,970 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 11,560 ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 12,871 ha | +11.3% |
| 1973 | 14,040 ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 14,620 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 19,300 ha | +32.0% |
| 1976 | 16,167 ha | -16.2% |
| 1977 | 16,938 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 16,758 ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 16,515 ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 16,100 ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 13,432 ha | -16.6% |
| 1982 | 15,248 ha | +13.5% |
| 1983 | 15,595 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 17,132 ha | +9.9% |
| 1985 | 17,541 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 17,090 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 18,624 ha | +9.0% |
| 1988 | 17,340 ha | -6.9% |
| 1989 | 17,190 ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 15,040 ha | -12.5% |
| 1991 | 12,514 ha | -16.8% |
| 1992 | 12,110 ha | -3.2% |
| 1993 | 12,787 ha | +5.6% |
| 1994 | 13,196 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 13,882 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 13,994 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 14,361 ha | +2.6% |
| 1998 | 15,323 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 16,729 ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 17,924 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 17,470 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 17,474 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 17,252 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 17,284 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 17,263 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 17,801 ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 17,538 ha | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 13,182 ha | -24.8% |
| 2009 | 14,283 ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 15,341 ha | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 14,219 ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 13,933 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 14,264 ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 14,517 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 14,720 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 14,933 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 15,106 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 15,173 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 15,429 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 15,672 ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 15,993 ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 15,647 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 15,817 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 15,383 ha | -2.7% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 15,383 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 41,947 ha, 37% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 15,383 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 7,380 ha, 2.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +32.0% | 14,620 ha | 19,300 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,299 ha | 9,520 ha | 11,080 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,974 ha | 10,970 ha | 19,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,529 ha | 13,432 ha | 18,624 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,994 ha | 12,110 ha | 16,729 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,747 ha | 13,182 ha | 17,924 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,764 ha | 13,933 ha | 15,429 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,702 ha | 15,383 ha | 15,993 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Paraguay was 15,383 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 19,300 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,520 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 113th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.