Wheat — Yield in Paraguay
Paraguay: Wheat — Yield was 1,706 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Paraguay is 1,706 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.1% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Paraguay peaked at 2,800 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 546.6 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Paraguay 95th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1963 | 907.2 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1964 | 648.1 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 1966 | 1,100 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 1,201 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1968 | 1,013 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 914.1 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1970 | 733.3 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1971 | 1,064 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 1972 | 546.6 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 1973 | 1,133 kg/ha | +107.3% |
| 1974 | 1,163 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 709.2 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1976 | 1,209 kg/ha | +70.4% |
| 1977 | 981.3 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1978 | 1,200 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1979 | 1,239 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 1,701 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1981 | 1,238 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1982 | 1,316 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 1,202 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 1,200 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 1,600 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1986 | 1,600 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,097 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1988 | 1,899 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1989 | 1,498 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1990 | 1,657 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1991 | 1,564 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 1,657 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 2,213 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1994 | 2,149 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 1,209 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1996 | 2,454 kg/ha | +102.9% |
| 1997 | 1,786 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1998 | 1,142 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 1999 | 958.4 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2000 | 1,810 kg/ha | +88.9% |
| 2001 | 1,833 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 1,726 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 2,200 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2004 | 2,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,192 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,699 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2007 | 2,500 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 2008 | 2,099 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2009 | 2,100 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,500 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 2,505 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,601 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 2,600 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,500 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 2015 | 1,899 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2016 | 2,200 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2017 | 2,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2018 | 1,680 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 2,800 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2020 | 2,710 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2021 | 2,062 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2022 | 2,246 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2023 | 2,163 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 1,706 kg/ha | -21.1% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 1,706 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 1,706 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,753 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 931.52 kg/ha | 648.1 kg/ha | 1,201 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 997.88 kg/ha | 546.6 kg/ha | 1,239 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,535 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 2,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,679 kg/ha | 958.4 kg/ha | 2,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,036 kg/ha | 1,699 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,228 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,177 kg/ha | 1,706 kg/ha | 2,710 kg/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 wheat — yield in Paraguay?
- Wheat — yield in Paraguay was 1,706 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2,800 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 546.6 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for wheat — yield?
- Paraguay ranks 95th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. 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 Wheat — 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.