Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Paraguay
Paraguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day was 83.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 a day in Paraguay is 83.2%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Paraguay peaked at 93.6% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 82.7%, in 2019.
That places Paraguay 70th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 88.1% | — |
| 1995 | 89.6% | +1.7% |
| 1997 | 86.7% | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 89.1% | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 89.5% | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 93.6% | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 91.3% | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 92.2% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 90.8% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 92.2% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 91.5% | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 90.3% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 91.3% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 89.7% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 87.4% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 87.2% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 83.9% | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 84.1% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 83.6% | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 85.1% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 85.4% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 83.6% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 82.7% | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 86.4% | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 86.7% | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 84.6% | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 83.8% | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 83.2% | -0.7% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 83.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 92% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 83.2% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 84.3%, 99% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 88.4% | 86.7% | 89.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 91.4% | 89.5% | 93.6% | 9 |
| 2010s | 85.3% | 82.7% | 89.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.9% | 83.2% | 86.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 67 Uzbekistan 84.5%
- 68 Mexico 84.4% compare
- 69 Colombia 84.2% compare
- 71 Montenegro 81.9% compare
- 72 Bolivia 79.4% compare
- 73 Dominican Republic 78.3% compare
More poverty & inequality data for Paraguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 in Paraguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day in Paraguay was 83.2% 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 $30 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 93.6% in 2002.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 82.7% in 2019.
- How does Paraguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day?
- Paraguay ranks 70th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.1%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 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 $30 per day.