Poverty at $6.85 a day — all countries

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Paraguay

Poverty at $6.85 a day in Paraguay in 2024 — 20.5%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 25. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 8.3 pp.

2024 20.5% −2.3 pp vs 2023
World rank 10of 25
Period maximum 57.5%2002
Period minimum 20.5%2024

Trend over time

1990–2024 · % of population

Poverty at $6.85 a day — Paraguay, 1990–2024203040506019901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 28.8%1995: 49.3%1997: 43%1999: 46.9%2001: 45.3%2002: 57.5%2003: 51.4%2004: 50.3%2005: 46.5%2006: 50.4%2007: 47%2008: 43.9%2009: 42.1%2010: 39.8%2011: 38%2012: 33.3%2013: 28.8%2014: 28.3%2015: 27.5%2016: 29.7%2017: 26.9%2018: 25.3%2019: 25%2020: 27.9%2021: 27%2022: 25.8%2023: 22.8%2024: 20.5%
Change over the period: −8.3 pp Annual average: -0.24 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Paraguay 20.5%
World 46.1%
South America computed 22.98%
Poverty at $6.85 a day — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 20.5 −2.3 pp
2023 22.8 −3 pp
2022 25.8 −1.2 pp
2021 27 −0.9 pp
2020 27.9 +2.9 pp
2019 25 −0.3 pp
2018 25.3 −1.6 pp
2017 26.9 −2.8 pp
2016 29.7 +2.2 pp
2015 27.5 −0.8 pp
2014 28.3 −0.5 pp
2013 28.8 −4.5 pp
2012 33.3 −4.7 pp
2011 38 −1.8 pp
2010 39.8 −2.3 pp
2009 42.1 −1.8 pp
2008 43.9 −3.1 pp
2007 47 −3.4 pp
2006 50.4 +3.9 pp
2005 46.5 −3.8 pp
2004 50.3 −1.1 pp
2003 51.4 −6.1 pp
2002 57.5 +12.2 pp
2001 45.3
1999 46.9
1997 43
1995 49.3
1990 28.8

South America, 2024

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

About the indicator

The share of the population whose consumption falls below $6.85 a day at 2017 purchasing power parity — the highest of the three international lines of the World Bank. It is this line that shows how much more modest the fall in world poverty looks than the extreme line suggests: nearly half the population of the planet lives below this level, and over recent decades that share has been falling more slowly than the share of the destitute.

Important: It matches the typical national poverty lines of upper-middle-income countries. For rich countries even this line is low — there poverty is measured relative to median income rather than by an absolute amount.

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