Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Paraguay
Paraguay: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 54.11 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, agricultural land — share in land area in Paraguay stood at 54.11 %. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Paraguay peaked at 54.11 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 26.2 %, in 1961.
That places Paraguay 53rd out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 | 27.2 % | 26.2 % | 28.12 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 29.87 % | 28.33 % | 31.93 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 34 % | 32.44 % | 35.4 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 38.52 % | 35.88 % | 41.28 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.62 % | 41.87 % | 47.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 50.06 % | 47.73 % | 52.39 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.73 % | 52.9 % | 54.11 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 50 Romania 55.15 % compare
- 51 Yugoslav SFR 54.85 % compare
- 52 Serbia and Montenegro 54.8 % compare
- 54 Kyrgyzstan 53.96 % compare
- 55 Czechoslovakia 53.69 % compare
- 56 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 53.43 % compare
More environment data for Paraguay
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.45 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.698 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 30,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 30,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 12,250 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 3,284 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 58,630 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 82,029 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 102,056 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Paraguay?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Paraguay was 54.11 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 54.11 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 26.2 % in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Paraguay ranks 53rd out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. 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 Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.