Yields of key staple crops in Paraguay
Paraguay: Yields of key staple crops was 1.71 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yields of key staple crops in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yields of key staple crops in Paraguay is 1.71 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 21.1% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of key staple crops in Paraguay peaked at 2.8 tonnes per hectare in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.5466 tonnes per hectare, in 1972.
Paraguay ranks 95th of 125 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9315 tonnes per hectare | 0.6481 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.9979 tonnes per hectare | 0.5466 tonnes per hectare | 1.24 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 1.2 tonnes per hectare | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.68 tonnes per hectare | 0.9584 tonnes per hectare | 2.45 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.04 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | 2.5 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.23 tonnes per hectare | 1.5 tonnes per hectare | 2.8 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.18 tonnes per hectare | 1.71 tonnes per hectare | 2.71 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Paraguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.74 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 11.6% (2025)
- Rural population 2.08 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 29.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.6% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 1.53 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of key staple crops in Paraguay?
- Yields of key staple crops in Paraguay was 1.71 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of key staple crops recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8 tonnes per hectare in 2019.
- What is the lowest yields of key staple crops recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5466 tonnes per hectare in 1972.
- How does Paraguay rank for yields of key staple crops?
- Paraguay ranks 95th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of key staple crops 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of key staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.