Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Paraguay
Paraguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 90.5% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 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
The most recent figure for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Paraguay is 90.5%, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Paraguay peaked at 96.2% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 90.3%, in 2015.
Paraguay ranks 70th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 93.2% | — |
| 1995 | 92.9% | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 91.8% | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 93.5% | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 93.2% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 96.2% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 94.6% | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 95.4% | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 94.3% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 95.0% | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 94.8% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 93.9% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 94.7% | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 93.8% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 92.7% | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 92.4% | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 90.8% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 90.6% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 90.3% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 91.3% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 91.6% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 90.9% | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 90.5% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 92.9% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 92.8% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 91.4% | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 91.2% | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 90.5% | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 92.9% | 91.8% | 93.5% | 4 |
| 2000s | 94.7% | 93.2% | 96.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 91.5% | 90.3% | 93.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 91.8% | 90.5% | 92.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More poverty & inequality data for Paraguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Paraguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Paraguay was 90.5% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 96.2% in 2002.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 90.3% in 2015.
- How does Paraguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Paraguay ranks 70th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.