Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Paraguay

Paraguay: Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures was 42.38 percent in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
42.38 percent
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
29th
of 208 countries
All-time high
42.38 percent
in 2022
All-time low
24.16 percent
in 1961
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Paraguay, 1961–2023

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in percent.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Paraguay is 42.38 percent, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.

That represents a change of up 9.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Paraguay peaked at 42.38 percent in 2022 and was at its lowest, 24.16 percent, in 1961.

Paraguay ranks 29th of 208 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 24.99 percent 24.16 percent 25.81 percent 9
1970s 26.95 percent 26.02 percent 27.88 percent 10
1980s 29.01 percent 28.08 percent 29.94 percent 10
1990s 31.99 percent 30.31 percent 33.67 percent 10
2000s 35.72 percent 34.04 percent 37.4 percent 10
2010s 39.45 percent 37.77 percent 41.13 percent 10
2020s 42.03 percent 41.5 percent 42.38 percent 4

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Paraguay?
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures in Paraguay was 42.38 percent in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 42.38 percent in 2022.
What is the lowest share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 24.16 percent in 1961.
How does Paraguay rank for share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures?
Paraguay ranks 29th out of 208 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 9.0%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures
Unit
percent
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
210 places, 12,094 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Permanent meadows and pastures are areas used permanently (five years or more) for herbaceous forage crops, either cultivated or growing wild (wild prairie or grazing land).