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Human development index — Paraguay

Human development index in Paraguay in 2023 — 0.756 index. Ranked 99 in the world out of 193. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 24.5%.

2023 0.756 index +1.2% vs 2022
World rank 99of 193
Period maximum 0.756 index2023
Period minimum 0.607 index1990

Trend over time

1990–2023 · index, 0–1

Human development index — Paraguay, 1990–20230.60.650.70.750.81990199419982002200620102014201820221990: 0.607 index1991: 0.613 index1992: 0.619 index1993: 0.626 index1994: 0.631 index1995: 0.637 index1996: 0.646 index1997: 0.653 index1998: 0.659 index1999: 0.664 index2000: 0.664 index2001: 0.671 index2002: 0.679 index2003: 0.673 index2004: 0.681 index2005: 0.683 index2006: 0.684 index2007: 0.69 index2008: 0.7 index2009: 0.7 index2010: 0.709 index2011: 0.715 index2012: 0.719 index2013: 0.73 index2014: 0.733 index2015: 0.737 index2016: 0.737 index2017: 0.74 index2018: 0.744 index2019: 0.747 index2020: 0.742 index2021: 0.723 index2022: 0.747 index2023: 0.756 index
Change over the period: +0.149 (+24.55%) Average annual rate: 0.67 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Paraguay

Paraguay 0.756 index
World 0.756 index
Latin America & Caribbean computed 0.779 index
South America computed 0.792 index
Upper-middle-income countries computed 0.787 index
Human development index — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year index Change Change, %
2023 0.756 +0.009 +1.2%
2022 0.747 +0.024 +3.32%
2021 0.723 −0.019 −2.56%
2020 0.742 −0.005 −0.67%
2019 0.747 +0.003 +0.4%
2018 0.744 +0.004 +0.54%
2017 0.74 +0.003 +0.41%
2016 0.737 +0 +0%
2015 0.737 +0.004 +0.55%
2014 0.733 +0.003 +0.41%
2013 0.73 +0.011 +1.53%
2012 0.719 +0.004 +0.56%
2011 0.715 +0.006 +0.85%
2010 0.709 +0.009 +1.29%
2009 0.7 +0 +0%
2008 0.7 +0.01 +1.45%
2007 0.69 +0.006 +0.88%
2006 0.684 +0.001 +0.15%
2005 0.683 +0.002 +0.29%
2004 0.681 +0.008 +1.19%
2003 0.673 −0.006 −0.88%
2002 0.679 +0.008 +1.19%
2001 0.671 +0.007 +1.05%
2000 0.664 +0 +0%
1999 0.664 +0.005 +0.76%
1998 0.659 +0.006 +0.92%
1997 0.653 +0.007 +1.08%
1996 0.646 +0.009 +1.41%
1995 0.637 +0.006 +0.95%
1994 0.631 +0.005 +0.8%
1993 0.626 +0.007 +1.13%
1992 0.619 +0.006 +0.98%
1991 0.613 +0.006 +0.99%
1990 0.607 — —

South America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CL Chile 0.878 AR Argentina 0.865 UY Uruguay 0.862 PE Peru 0.794 CO Colombia 0.788 BR Brazil 0.786 EC Ecuador 0.777 GY Guyana 0.776 PY Paraguay 0.756 BO Bolivia 0.733 SR Suriname 0.722 VE Venezuela 0.709
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About the indicator

The UNDP Human Development Index is the geometric mean of three components: life expectancy, years of schooling and national income per capita at PPP. The index was devised as an objection to the use of GDP alone as a measure of development, and its point is that the three components are multiplied rather than added: a failure on any one of them cannot be made up for by success on the other two. Values run from zero to one, and since 1990 the index has risen in almost every country in the world.

Important: The aggregate value for country groups is weighted by population, whereas UNDP computes group indexes from group components — the numbers may therefore differ slightly from the report.

Source: Human Development Report (UNDP), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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