Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Paraguay
Paraguay: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) was 0.449 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Paraguay, 1997–2024
Source: Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.449 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Paraguay peaked at 0.5555 in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.4308, in 2021.
That places Paraguay 6th out of 48 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax (Luxembourg) in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.54 | — |
| 1999 | 0.5292 | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 0.539 | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 0.5555 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 0.5389 | -3.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5099 | -5.4% |
| 2005 | 0.5029 | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 0.5045 | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.504 | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4878 | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.4875 | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.5016 | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.5214 | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4709 | -9.7% |
| 2013 | 0.4795 | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.5042 | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.4843 | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 0.4885 | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 0.4792 | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 0.46 | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.457 | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 0.4433 | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4308 | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.4559 | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 0.4477 | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.449 | +0.3% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.449 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4106, 1.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.449 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4495, 100% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5346 | 0.5292 | 0.54 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5145 | 0.4875 | 0.5555 | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.4847 | 0.457 | 0.5214 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4454 | 0.4308 | 0.4559 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More poverty & inequality data for Paraguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 27.88 % change on previous year (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.33 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.3% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Paraguay?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Paraguay was 0.449 in 2024, according to Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5555 in 2002.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4308 in 2021.
- How does Paraguay rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Paraguay ranks 6th out of 48 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Luxembourg Income Study (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.