Paraguay - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Paraguay was 4,734,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,868,000 in 2015 and a minimum value of 700,000 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 700,000
1962 711,000
1963 729,000
1964 761,000
1965 784,000
1966 809,000
1967 809,000
1968 805,000
1969 805,000
1970 805,000
1971 805,000
1972 805,000
1973 804,000
1974 920,000
1975 1,040,000
1976 1,160,000
1977 1,270,000
1978 1,390,000
1979 1,500,000
1980 1,620,000
1981 1,741,000
1982 1,780,000
1983 1,820,000
1984 1,860,000
1985 1,900,000
1986 1,950,000
1987 1,990,000
1988 2,030,000
1989 2,070,000
1990 2,110,000
1991 2,150,000
1992 2,300,000
1993 2,300,000
1994 2,450,000
1995 2,600,000
1996 2,600,000
1997 2,600,000
1998 2,850,000
1999 2,950,000
2000 3,020,000
2001 3,105,000
2002 3,210,000
2003 3,280,000
2004 3,370,000
2005 3,460,000
2006 3,550,000
2007 3,640,000
2008 3,757,000
2009 3,858,000
2010 3,975,000
2011 4,122,000
2012 4,360,000
2013 4,484,000
2014 4,663,000
2015 4,868,000
2016 4,664,000
2017 4,653,000
2018 4,734,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Paraguay was 0.681 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.728 in 2015 and a minimum value of 0.302 in 1973.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.358
1962 0.354
1963 0.354
1964 0.360
1965 0.361
1966 0.363
1967 0.353
1968 0.342
1969 0.334
1970 0.325
1971 0.317
1972 0.310
1973 0.302
1974 0.338
1975 0.373
1976 0.405
1977 0.433
1978 0.461
1979 0.485
1980 0.509
1981 0.532
1982 0.528
1983 0.525
1984 0.521
1985 0.517
1986 0.515
1987 0.511
1988 0.507
1989 0.503
1990 0.500
1991 0.496
1992 0.517
1993 0.505
1994 0.525
1995 0.544
1996 0.532
1997 0.520
1998 0.558
1999 0.566
2000 0.567
2001 0.572
2002 0.580
2003 0.582
2004 0.588
2005 0.594
2006 0.600
2007 0.607
2008 0.618
2009 0.626
2010 0.636
2011 0.651
2012 0.679
2013 0.689
2014 0.707
2015 0.728
2016 0.688
2017 0.678
2018 0.681

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Paraguay was 11.92 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 12.25 in 2015, while its lowest value was 1.76 in 1961.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 1.76
1962 1.79
1963 1.83
1964 1.92
1965 1.97
1966 2.04
1967 2.04
1968 2.03
1969 2.03
1970 2.03
1971 2.03
1972 2.03
1973 2.02
1974 2.32
1975 2.62
1976 2.92
1977 3.20
1978 3.50
1979 3.78
1980 4.08
1981 4.38
1982 4.48
1983 4.58
1984 4.68
1985 4.78
1986 4.91
1987 5.01
1988 5.11
1989 5.21
1990 5.31
1991 5.41
1992 5.79
1993 5.79
1994 6.17
1995 6.54
1996 6.54
1997 6.54
1998 7.17
1999 7.43
2000 7.60
2001 7.82
2002 8.08
2003 8.26
2004 8.48
2005 8.71
2006 8.94
2007 9.16
2008 9.46
2009 9.71
2010 10.01
2011 10.38
2012 10.97
2013 11.29
2014 11.74
2015 12.25
2016 11.74
2017 11.71
2018 11.92

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use