Latin America & Caribbean · Upper-middle income
Paraguay: key statistics
Paraguay has 7.0m people (2025) and a GDP per person of $7,027. Below: 79 indicators with the latest year, world rank and change over ten years.
- Capital
- Asunción
- Income group
- Upper-middle income
- Currency
- Paraguayan guaraní PYG
- Languages
- Spanish, Guarani
- ISO codes
- PYPRY
Population7.0m2025 · rank 107 of 217GDP$49.3bn2025 · rank 99 of 211GDP per capita$7,0272025 · rank 122 of 211Life expectancy74.0 yrs2024 · rank 115 of 217Internet users81.6%2024 · rank 98 of 188Fertility2.422024 · rank 80 of 217CO₂ per person1.16 t2024 · rank 136 of 203Inflation4.0%2025 · rank 56 of 180
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Paraguay, topic by topic
Each profile brings together the indicators of one topic with world and regional rank, values since 2000, group averages and a comparison with neighbours.
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Paraguay by topic
World rank counts countries with a value in the recent window; regional rank is within Latin America & Caribbean.
PopulationFull population profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 7.0m | 2025 | 107/217 | 15/42 | +14% | 8.2bn | |
| Population growth | 1.20% | 2025 | 88/217 | 9/42 | −0.3 pp | 0.91% | |
| Urban share | 70.4% | 2025 | 89/217 | 23/42 | +9.1 pp | 57.8% | |
| Fertility | 2.42 | 2024 | 80/217 | 5/42 | −8.7% | 2.19 | |
| Aged 65+ | 6.7% | 2025 | 129/217 | 36/42 | +1.2 pp | 10.4% | |
| Aged 0–14 | 28.4% | 2025 | 79/217 | 6/42 | −1.8 pp | 24.4% | |
| Density | 17.5 | 2024 | 193/216 | 38/42 | +15% | 62.1 | |
| Birth rate | 19.7 | 2024 | 76/217 | 6/42 | −13% | 16.3 | |
| Area | 406,752 km² | 2024 | 61/216 | 9/42 | ±0.0% | 140,539,257 km² |
EconomyFull economy profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GDP | $49.3bn | 2025 | 99/211 | 17/41 | +36% | $118tn | |
| GDP per capita | $7,027 | 2025 | 122/211 | 34/41 | +20% | $14,406 | |
| GDP per capita, PPP | $20,181 | 2025 | 105/199 | 28/38 | +59% | $25,704 | |
| GNI per capita | $6,750 | 2025 | 113/201 | 30/38 | +11% | $14,244 | |
| GDP growth | 6.6% | 2025 | 24/210 | 3/41 | +3.7 pp | 2.9% | |
| GDP per capita growth | 5.4% | 2025 | 25/210 | 4/41 | +3.9 pp | 2.0% | |
| Agriculture share | 11.6% | 2025 | 64/198 | 5/37 | +2.2 pp | 4.0% | |
| Industry share | 32.3% | 2025 | 45/201 | 6/38 | −2.3 pp | 25.0% | |
| Services share | 48.1% | 2025 | 156/201 | 36/38 | −0.6 pp | 63.3% | |
| Investment | 25.3% | 2025 | 66/175 | 6/25 | +3.4 pp | 26.3% | |
| Savings | 22.2% | 2025 | 84/163 | 9/22 | +0.6 pp | 26.0% |
Prices & public financeFull prices & public finance profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inflation | 4.0% | 2025 | 56/180 | 10/31 | +0.9 pp | 3.0% | |
| Real interest rate | 3.8% | 2021 | 86/136 | 19/31 | −7.9 pp | — | |
| Lending rate | 12.5% | 2021 | 42/136 | 11/31 | −4.9 pp | — | |
| Exchange rate | 7,545.45 | 2025 | 8/210 | 1/39 | +45% | — | |
| Tax revenue | 11.3% | 2024 | 113/142 | 18/20 | +1.6 pp | 13.9% | |
| Government expense | 18.9% | 2023 | 106/142 | 16/20 | +4.6 pp | 28.5% | |
| External debt | 69.7% | 2024 | 27/119 | 7/22 | +25.2 pp | — | |
| Military spending | 0.88% | 2025 | 125/156 | 13/22 | −0.2 pp | 2.48% |
Trade & investmentFull trade & investment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exports | 37.2% | 2025 | 90/184 | 13/27 | +2.4 pp | 29.5% | |
| Imports | 39.3% | 2025 | 106/184 | 14/27 | +7.1 pp | 28.5% | |
| Trade openness | 76.5% | 2025 | 105/184 | 14/27 | +9.6 pp | 68.5% | |
| Current account | -2.5% | 2025 | 102/185 | 21/35 | −2.3 pp | — | |
| FDI inflows | 2.4% | 2025 | 89/197 | 23/38 | +0.2 pp | 1.4% | |
| Remittances | 3.1% | 2025 | 78/178 | 19/35 | +1.6 pp | 0.8% | |
| Tourist arrivals | 1.1m | 2020 | 94/196 | 19/41 | −66% | 2.4bn |
LabourFull labour profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment | 4.8% | 2025 | 106/187 | 23/31 | +0.2 pp | 4.8% | |
| Youth unemployment | 11.7% | 2025 | 102/187 | 19/31 | +0.8 pp | 13.4% | |
| Participation rate | 70.2% | 2025 | 28/187 | 4/31 | +2.3 pp | 61.0% | |
| Women's participation | 59.0% | 2025 | 55/187 | 8/31 | +4.2 pp | 48.9% |
Aid, poverty & equalityFull aid, poverty & equality profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net ODA received | $224m | 2023 | 91/145 | 16/32 | +71% | $259bn | |
| ODA, % of GNI | 0.5% | 2023 | 104/139 | 15/30 | +0.2 pp | 0.2% | |
| ODA per person | $32.7 | 2023 | 105/145 | 18/32 | +50% | $32.2 | |
| Extreme poverty | 2.1% | 2024 | 76/151 | 11/22 | −2.2 pp | 10.1% | |
| Poverty, $4.20/day | 4.5% | 2024 | 79/151 | 12/22 | −4.8 pp | 18.2% | |
| National poverty rate | 16.0% | 2025 | 104/145 | 21/23 | — | — | |
| Gini index | 44.2 | 2024 | 18/151 | 8/22 | −13% | — | |
| Undernourishment | 4.1% | 2024 | 92/167 | 17/28 | +1.6 pp | 8.1% | |
| Women in parliament | 23.8% | 2025 | 106/190 | 24/32 | +8.8 pp | 27.2% |
EducationFull education profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult literacy | 94.9% | 2024 | 62/141 | 13/26 | −0.2 pp | 87.7% | |
| Female literacy | 94.3% | 2024 | 67/147 | 14/28 | +0.1 pp | 84.6% | |
| Primary enrolment | 89.4% | 2024 | 168/191 | 34/39 | −25.6 pp | 102.2% | |
| Secondary enrolment | 79.1% | 2024 | 132/176 | 30/37 | −3.7 pp | 77.3% | |
| Tertiary enrolment | 37.6% | 2010 | — | — | +20.3 pp | 43.6% | |
| Primary completion | 88.7% | 2024 | 116/168 | 24/33 | −7.2 pp | 88.0% | |
| Pupils per teacher | 24.2 | 2012 | — | — | −10% | 23.4 | |
| Education spending | 3.5% | 2024 | 118/184 | 25/38 | +0.9 pp | 3.6% |
HealthFull health profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 74.0 yrs | 2024 | 115/217 | 26/42 | +0.8% | 73.5 yrs | |
| Infant mortality | 14.5 | 2024 | 88/196 | 12/35 | −28% | 27.7 | |
| Under-5 mortality | 16.3 | 2024 | 91/196 | 11/35 | −28% | 37.4 | |
| Maternal mortality | 58 | 2023 | 90/194 | 15/34 | −31% | 197 | |
| Health spending | 8.4% | 2023 | 55/193 | 7/33 | +2.3 pp | 10.1% | |
| Health spending per person | $527 | 2023 | 86/193 | 16/33 | +34% | $1,317 | |
| Physicians | 3.89 | 2022 | 33/180 | 6/29 | +180% | 1.86 | |
| Measles vaccination | 90% | 2024 | 99/193 | 16/33 | +6.0 pp | 84% | |
| HIV prevalence | 0.5% | 2024 | 67/153 | 21/29 | +0.1 pp | 0.7% | |
| Child stunting | 5.6% | 2016 | 129/154 | 24/28 | −11.5 pp | — | |
| Basic water | 99.6% | 2024 | 63/206 | 8/35 | +6.8 pp | 91.5% | |
| Basic sanitation | 95.9% | 2024 | 91/203 | 12/34 | +9.5 pp | 82.2% |
Digital & energy accessFull digital & energy access profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 81.6% | 2024 | 98/188 | 16/34 | +38.6 pp | 73.6% | |
| Mobile subscriptions | 126.6 | 2023 | 67/210 | 13/40 | +7.4% | 111.5 | |
| Fixed broadband | 12.9 | 2023 | 108/208 | 27/39 | +392% | 20.1 | |
| Electricity access | 99.8% | 2024 | 129/215 | 24/42 | +0.8 pp | 91.9% | |
| Clean cooking | 76.0% | 2024 | 121/192 | 28/33 | +12.0 pp | 75.4% |
EnvironmentFull environment profile
| Indicator | Value | Year | World rank | In region | 10-year change | World | Since 2000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CO₂ per person | 1.16 t | 2024 | 136/203 | 33/39 | +18% | 4.69 t | |
| Renewable energy | 58.8% | 2021 | 38/212 | 3/41 | −3.7 pp | 19.7% | |
| Renewable power | 100.0% | 2012 | — | — | ±0.0 pp | 27.8% | |
| Forest cover | 36.5% | 2024 | 91/214 | 26/42 | −5.6 pp | 31.1% | |
| Arable land | 11.5% | 2024 | 90/206 | 13/39 | +1.2 pp | 10.7% | |
| Water withdrawals | 2.1% | 2022 | 130/177 | 23/33 | ±0.0 pp | 9.0% |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)
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