Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Paraguay
Paraguay: Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate was 2.1% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Paraguay, 1990–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Paraguay stood at 2.1%.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and down 50.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Paraguay peaked at 19.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 1.9%, in 2021.
Paraguay ranks 52nd of 118 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.7% | 2.5% | 18.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 12.4% | 7.9% | 19.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 4.9% | 2.4% | 9.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 5 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Paraguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.42 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,482 kg per hectare (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.3% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.412 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.0% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1098 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1098 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1341 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3457 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Paraguay?
- Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate in Paraguay was 2.1% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 19.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.9% in 2021.
- How does Paraguay rank for cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate?
- Paraguay ranks 52nd out of 118 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $3 per day.