Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Paraguay
Paraguay: Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita was 0.0245 Square kilometres per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.0245 Square kilometres per person
Change on year
down 1.2%
World rank
12th
of 167 countries
All-time high
0.0498 Square kilometres per person
in 1961
All-time low
0.0245 Square kilometres per person
in 2023
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Paraguay, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in Square kilometres per person.
Analysis
In 2023, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Paraguay stood at 0.0245 Square kilometres per person. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Paraguay peaked at 0.0498 Square kilometres per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0245 Square kilometres per person, in 2023.
That places Paraguay 12th out of 167 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Square kilometres per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0498 Square kilometres per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0491 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 0.0483 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 0.0475 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 0.0467 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 0.046 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1967 | 0.0453 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 0.0446 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 0.0439 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0433 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 0.0427 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 0.042 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.0413 Square kilometres per person | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0406 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 0.0399 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0393 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0386 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0379 Square kilometres per person | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0372 Square kilometres per person | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0365 Square kilometres per person | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0358 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0351 Square kilometres per person | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 0.0344 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1984 | 0.0337 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 0.033 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.0323 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0316 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0309 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 0.0303 Square kilometres per person | -2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0298 Square kilometres per person | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 0.0294 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.029 Square kilometres per person | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0286 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.0283 Square kilometres per person | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.0279 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 0.0276 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 0.0273 Square kilometres per person | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 0.027 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0267 Square kilometres per person | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0265 Square kilometres per person | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.0264 Square kilometres per person | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0263 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0261 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 0.026 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0258 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0257 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0256 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0254 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0253 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0252 Square kilometres per person | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0251 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 0.025 Square kilometres per person | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.0249 Square kilometres per person | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.0248 Square kilometres per person | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0245 Square kilometres per person | -1.2% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.0245 Square kilometres per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0018 Square kilometres per person, 13.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.0245 Square kilometres per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0012 Square kilometres per person, 20.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0468 Square kilometres per person | 0.0439 Square kilometres per person | 0.0498 Square kilometres per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0403 Square kilometres per person | 0.0372 Square kilometres per person | 0.0433 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0333 Square kilometres per person | 0.0303 Square kilometres per person | 0.0365 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0282 Square kilometres per person | 0.0267 Square kilometres per person | 0.0298 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0263 Square kilometres per person | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | 0.0265 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0256 Square kilometres per person | 0.0251 Square kilometres per person | 0.0262 Square kilometres per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0248 Square kilometres per person | 0.0245 Square kilometres per person | 0.025 Square kilometres per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 9 Iceland 0.0393 Square kilometres per person compare
- 10 Uruguay 0.0354 Square kilometres per person compare
- 11 Bolivia 0.027 Square kilometres per person compare
- 13 Somalia 0.0234 Square kilometres per person compare
- 14 Chad 0.0233 Square kilometres per person compare
- 15 Eritrea 0.0199 Square kilometres per person compare
More environment data for Paraguay
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.45 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.698 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.2789 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Paraguay?
- Land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita in Paraguay was 0.0245 Square kilometres per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0498 Square kilometres per person in 1961.
- What is the lowest land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0245 Square kilometres per person in 2023.
- How does Paraguay rank for land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita?
- Paraguay ranks 12th out of 167 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land use hidden — permanent meadows and pastures, per capita rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.