Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Paraguay
Paraguay: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.5231 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Latest (2023)
0.5231
Change on year
down 30.4%
World rank
60th
of 163 countries
All-time high
1
in 1961
All-time low
0.4371
in 2020
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Paraguay, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.5231 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2023.
The figure is down 30.4% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Paraguay peaked at 1 in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.4371, in 2020.
That places Paraguay 60th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 | — |
| 1962 | 0.9305 | -6.9% |
| 1963 | 0.867 | -6.8% |
| 1964 | 0.8021 | -7.5% |
| 1965 | 0.7601 | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 0.8466 | +11.4% |
| 1967 | 0.7994 | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 0.7798 | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 0.7528 | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 0.6897 | -8.4% |
| 1971 | 0.707 | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 0.6982 | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.6704 | -4.0% |
| 1974 | 0.6676 | -0.4% |
| 1975 | 0.7524 | +12.7% |
| 1976 | 0.7524 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.6946 | -7.7% |
| 1978 | 0.7553 | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 0.7947 | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 0.8629 | +8.6% |
| 1981 | 0.8228 | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 0.8121 | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.789 | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 0.7305 | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 0.6646 | -9.0% |
| 1986 | 0.797 | +19.9% |
| 1987 | 0.7192 | -9.8% |
| 1988 | 0.6285 | -12.6% |
| 1989 | 0.6005 | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 0.6197 | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 0.7897 | +27.4% |
| 1992 | 0.8995 | +13.9% |
| 1993 | 0.7745 | -13.9% |
| 1994 | 0.8469 | +9.3% |
| 1995 | 0.7811 | -7.8% |
| 1996 | 0.8018 | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 0.7789 | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 0.8119 | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 0.8362 | +3.0% |
| 2000 | 0.897 | +7.3% |
| 2001 | 0.7569 | -15.6% |
| 2002 | 0.7994 | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6955 | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6895 | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7289 | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 0.7251 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.5839 | -19.5% |
| 2008 | 0.6325 | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 0.8214 | +29.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5436 | -33.8% |
| 2011 | 0.52 | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.7765 | +49.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4878 | -37.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4846 | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.487 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.4848 | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4559 | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 0.4535 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.5067 | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4371 | -13.7% |
| 2021 | 0.4828 | +10.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7518 | +55.7% |
| 2023 | 0.5231 | -30.4% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.5231 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3111, 1.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.5231 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5184, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.8376 | 0.7528 | 1 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7182 | 0.6676 | 0.7947 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7427 | 0.6005 | 0.8629 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.794 | 0.6197 | 0.8995 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.733 | 0.5839 | 0.897 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.52 | 0.4535 | 0.7765 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5487 | 0.4371 | 0.7518 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More reference data data for Paraguay
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3166 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 5.23 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.6344 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.06 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.5539 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 29.48 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.68 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 3.45 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Paraguay?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Paraguay was 0.5231 in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1961.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4371 in 2020.
- How does Paraguay rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Paraguay ranks 60th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).