Paraguay

Interesting Facts About Paraguay

• Paraguay is the sixth-largest soybean producer in the world
• The country is the second-largest producer of stevia globally
• Paraguay is the ninth-largest exporter of beef
• More than 80% of Paraguay's cultivable land is owned by just 2.6% of landowners
• Almost 70% of soy and rice producers in Paraguay are Brazilian or descendants of Brazilians, who began arriving in the 1980s
• Paraguay has access to the Atlantic Ocean via the Paraná–Paraguay Waterway, a navigable channel system shared by five countries

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