Income inequality: Atkinson index in Paraguay
Paraguay: Income inequality: Atkinson index was 0.3457 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Paraguay, 2010–2023
Source: UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.3457 for income inequality: atkinson index in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: atkinson index in Paraguay peaked at 0.4309 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.3138, in 2021.
That places Paraguay 59th out of 174 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Income inequality: Atkinson index in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.416 | — |
| 2011 | 0.4309 | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 0.3695 | -14.2% |
| 2013 | 0.373 | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.4038 | +8.2% |
| 2015 | 0.3697 | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3745 | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3714 | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 0.3413 | -8.1% |
| 2019 | 0.341 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3229 | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.3138 | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.3457 | +10.2% |
| 2023 | 0.3457 | +0.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.3457 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2515, 1.4× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.3457 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.3457, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3791 | 0.341 | 0.4309 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.332 | 0.3138 | 0.3457 | 4 |
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: atkinson index in Paraguay?
- Income inequality: atkinson index in Paraguay was 0.3457 in 2023, according to UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4309 in 2011.
- What is the lowest income inequality: atkinson index recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3138 in 2021.
- How does Paraguay rank for income inequality: atkinson index?
- Paraguay ranks 59th out of 174 countries with data for 2023.
- Is income inequality: atkinson index rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from UNDP, Human Development Report (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Atkinson index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Atkinson index measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Depending on the country and year, the data relates to income measured after taxes and benefits, or to consumption, per capita.