Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Paraguay
Paraguay: Poverty gap index at $3 a day was 0.5% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Paraguay, 1990–2024
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 0.5% for poverty gap index at $3 a day in 2024.
The figure is down 22.3% on the previous year and down 62.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap index at $3 a day in Paraguay peaked at 7.8% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2021.
Paraguay ranks 60th of 120 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 | 5.3% | 0.7% | 7.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 4.3% | 2.4% | 7.8% | 9 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.5% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 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)
- 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 poverty gap index at $3 a day in Paraguay?
- Poverty gap index at $3 a day in Paraguay was 0.5% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 7.8% in 2002.
- What is the lowest poverty gap index at $3 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2021.
- How does Paraguay rank for poverty gap index at $3 a day?
- Paraguay ranks 60th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty gap index at $3 a day rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.6%. 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 Poverty gap index at $3 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The poverty gap index is a poverty measure that reflects both the prevalence and the depth of poverty. It is calculated as the share of population in poverty multiplied by the average shortfall from the poverty line (expressed as a % of the poverty line).