Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Paraguay
Paraguay: Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median was 10.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 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 10.4% for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Paraguay peaked at 21.8% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 9.2%, in 1990.
That places Paraguay 24th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 9.2% | — |
| 1995 | 20.9% | +126.0% |
| 1997 | 21.8% | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 18.7% | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 17.5% | -6.5% |
| 2002 | 17.5% | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 15.4% | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 13.1% | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 13.3% | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 16.2% | +21.8% |
| 2007 | 14.9% | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 13.8% | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 15.0% | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 15.1% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 15.8% | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 15.6% | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 12.8% | -17.9% |
| 2014 | 14.6% | +13.8% |
| 2015 | 14.0% | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 12.7% | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 11.5% | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 12.2% | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 12.4% | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 10.9% | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 10.9% | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 11.2% | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 10.7% | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 10.4% | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17.7% | 9.2% | 21.8% | 4 |
| 2000s | 15.2% | 13.1% | 17.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 13.7% | 11.5% | 15.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.9% | 10.4% | 11.2% | 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 relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Paraguay?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median in Paraguay was 10.4% in 2024, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 21.8% in 1997.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.2% in 1990.
- How does Paraguay rank for relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median?
- Paraguay ranks 24th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 40% of the median rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. 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 Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median. 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% of the median.