Watermelons — Area harvested in Paraguay
Paraguay: Watermelons — Area harvested was 24,467 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Watermelons — Area harvested in Paraguay, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 24,467 ha for watermelons — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, watermelons — area harvested in Paraguay peaked at 28,500 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 9,600 ha, in 1961.
That places Paraguay 19th out of 131 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.
Watermelons — Area harvested in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,800 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 10,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 10,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 10,400 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 10,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 10,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 11,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,500 ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 11,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 11,700 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 12,600 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 13,600 ha | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 14,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 10,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1978 | 12,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 15,500 ha | +19.2% |
| 1981 | 17,300 ha | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 22,000 ha | +27.2% |
| 1983 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 26,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 27,500 ha | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 28,500 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 19,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1988 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1989 | 20,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 21,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 21,180 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 21,366 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 21,500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 21,800 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 19,900 ha | -8.7% |
| 1996 | 20,000 ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 20,300 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 20,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 21,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 21,412 ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 22,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 22,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 22,214 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 22,330 ha | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 22,440 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 22,568 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 23,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 23,500 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 25,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 23,956 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 22,500 ha | -6.1% |
| 2013 | 23,401 ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 23,460 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 23,608 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 23,877 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 24,099 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 24,265 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 24,364 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 24,440 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 24,382 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 24,354 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 24,410 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 24,467 ha | +0.2% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 24,467 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5,118 ha, 4.8× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 24,467 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,186 ha, 20.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Watermelons — Area harvested in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | -33.3% | 28,500 ha | 19,000 ha |
| 1977 | -28.6% | 14,000 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1982 | +27.2% | 17,300 ha | 22,000 ha |
| 1978 | +25.0% | 10,000 ha | 12,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,333 ha | 9,600 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,240 ha | 10,000 ha | 14,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,030 ha | 15,500 ha | 28,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,855 ha | 19,900 ha | 21,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,596 ha | 21,412 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,853 ha | 22,500 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,411 ha | 24,354 ha | 24,467 ha | 5 |
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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 watermelons — area harvested in Paraguay?
- Watermelons — area harvested in Paraguay was 24,467 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 28,500 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest watermelons — area harvested recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Paraguay rank for watermelons — area harvested?
- Paraguay ranks 19th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is watermelons — area harvested rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. 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 Watermelons — Area harvested. 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.