Extreme poverty rate — all countries

Extreme poverty rate — Paraguay

Extreme poverty rate in Paraguay in 2024 — 2.1%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 25. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.4 pp.

2024 2.1% −0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 10of 25
Period maximum 19.6%2002
Period minimum 1.9%2021

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of population

Extreme poverty rate — Paraguay, 1990–20240510152019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 2.5%1995: 18.3%1997: 14.9%1999: 15%2001: 13.5%2002: 19.6%2003: 13.8%2004: 10.7%2005: 10.1%2006: 14.1%2007: 12.6%2008: 7.9%2009: 9.1%2010: 9.4%2011: 8.9%2012: 6.4%2013: 4.1%2014: 4.3%2015: 4.2%2016: 4.2%2017: 2.4%2018: 3.1%2019: 2.4%2020: 2.6%2021: 1.9%2022: 3.2%2023: 2.4%2024: 2.1%
Change over the period: −0.4 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Paraguay 2.1%
World 10.4%
South America computed 3.7%
Extreme poverty rate — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.1 −0.3 pp
2023 2.4 −0.8 pp
2022 3.2 +1.3 pp
2021 1.9 −0.7 pp
2020 2.6 +0.2 pp
2019 2.4 −0.7 pp
2018 3.1 +0.7 pp
2017 2.4 −1.8 pp
2016 4.2 +0 pp
2015 4.2 −0.1 pp
2014 4.3 +0.2 pp
2013 4.1 −2.3 pp
2012 6.4 −2.5 pp
2011 8.9 −0.5 pp
2010 9.4 +0.3 pp
2009 9.1 +1.2 pp
2008 7.9 −4.7 pp
2007 12.6 −1.5 pp
2006 14.1 +4 pp
2005 10.1 −0.6 pp
2004 10.7 −3.1 pp
2003 13.8 −5.8 pp
2002 19.6 +6.1 pp
2001 13.5
1999 15
1997 14.9
1995 18.3
1990 2.5

South America, 2024

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption or income falls below the international extreme poverty line — $2.15 a day in 2017 prices at purchasing power parity. This is the very indicator by which the first UN Sustainable Development Goal is tracked. The line is revised as the PPP conversion factors are updated, so historical values are recalculated retrospectively.

Important: The estimates are built on household surveys held once every few years; between surveys the values are interpolated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.