Wheat — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Wheat — Area harvested was 450,000 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Wheat — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 450,000 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 600,000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 7,200 ha, in 1965.
That places Paraguay 49th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 15,648 ha | 7,200 ha | 34,323 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,600 ha | 20,300 ha | 51,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 131,310 ha | 49,200 ha | 249,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 184,041 ha | 153,837 ha | 224,046 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 331,789 ha | 127,680 ha | 508,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 540,021 ha | 430,000 ha | 600,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 452,349 ha | 433,144 ha | 480,800 ha | 5 |
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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 wheat — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Wheat — area harvested in Paraguay was 450,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 600,000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,200 ha in 1965.
- How does Paraguay rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 49th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. 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 Wheat — 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.