Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Paraguay
Paraguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 89.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Paraguay, 1990–2022
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 89.0% for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in 2022.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Paraguay peaked at 95.2% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 87.0%, in 2019.
Paraguay ranks 70th of 119 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 90.3% | — |
| 1995 | 91.4% | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 89.3% | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 91.8% | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 91.6% | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 95.2% | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 93.2% | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 94.0% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 92.8% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 93.7% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 93.3% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 92.6% | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 93.2% | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 91.9% | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 90.6% | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 90.2% | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 88.1% | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 87.4% | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 87.5% | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 88.5% | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 88.7% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 87.5% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 87.0% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 89.9% | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 89.9% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 89.0% | -0.9% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 89.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 93% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 89.0% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 92.0%, 97% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 90.7% | 89.3% | 91.8% | 4 |
| 2000s | 93.3% | 91.6% | 95.2% | 9 |
| 2010s | 88.7% | 87.0% | 91.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.6% | 89.0% | 89.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 67 South Africa 90.8% compare
- 68 Montenegro 90.6% compare
- 69 Thailand 90.5% compare
- 71 Uzbekistan 88.6% compare
- 72 Jamaica 88.6% compare
- 73 Colombia 88.4% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Paraguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Paraguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Paraguay was 89.0% in 2022, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 95.2% in 2002.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 87.0% in 2019.
- How does Paraguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Paraguay ranks 70th out of 119 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.