Argentina vs Paraguay: Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy

Argentina
-2.51 million rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Paraguay
-2.99 million rice milled equivalent
in 2019
Argentina rank
175th
Paraguay rank
177th

Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy over time

  • Argentina
  • Paraguay
-3.0M-2.0M-1.0M0196119902019

How they compare

Argentina currently reports -2.51 million rice milled equivalent against -2.99 million rice milled equivalent in Paraguay, a difference of 481,710 rice milled equivalent.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 59 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Paraguay ahead.

Argentina ranks 175th and Paraguay ranks 177th of 179 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 2 and Paraguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Paraguay Difference Ahead
1960s -195,236 rice milled equivalent -6,065 rice milled equivalent 189,171 rice milled equivalent Paraguay
1970s -70,838 rice milled equivalent -6,465 rice milled equivalent 64,373 rice milled equivalent Paraguay
1980s -34,532 rice milled equivalent -5,089 rice milled equivalent 29,443 rice milled equivalent Paraguay
1990s -93,476 rice milled equivalent -95,665 rice milled equivalent 2,189 rice milled equivalent Argentina
2000s -371,873 rice milled equivalent -939,728 rice milled equivalent 567,855 rice milled equivalent Argentina
2010s -2.46 million rice milled equivalent -2.25 million rice milled equivalent 211,978 rice milled equivalent Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net food imports by crop - rice, paddy, Argentina or Paraguay?
Argentina, at -2.51 million rice milled equivalent against -2.99 million rice milled equivalent in Paraguay as of 2019.
What is the difference in net food imports by crop - rice, paddy between Argentina and Paraguay?
481,710 rice milled equivalent, with Argentina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Paraguay?
59 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2019.
How do Argentina and Paraguay rank globally for net food imports by crop - rice, paddy?
Argentina ranks 175th and Paraguay ranks 177th of 179 countries.
Where does this data come from?
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data, published as Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy (rice milled equivalent). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Net food imports by crop - Rice, paddy (rice milled equivalent)
Unit
rice milled equivalent
Source
FAOSTAT. Available at: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 7,665 data points, 1961–2019
Last refreshed

Net food imports are generated from FAOSTAT, taking Export level (tonnes) from the Import level (tonnes) [both under Trade: Crops and Livestock Products]. Net food imports are a proxy for the country's vulnerability to global food prices.