Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median in Paraguay
Paraguay: Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median was 16.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% 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
In 2024, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Paraguay stood at 16.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 17.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Paraguay peaked at 27.7% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 15.3%, 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 50% of the median in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 15.3% | — |
| 1995 | 26.2% | +71.2% |
| 1997 | 27.7% | +5.5% |
| 1999 | 23.6% | -14.6% |
| 2001 | 24.4% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 23.8% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 21.6% | -9.0% |
| 2004 | 19.5% | -10.1% |
| 2005 | 19.8% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 21.7% | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 20.2% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 22.0% | +9.2% |
| 2010 | 21.5% | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 22.7% | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 21.1% | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 19.9% | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 19.8% | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 20.2% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 19.1% | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 18.2% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 18.6% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 17.1% | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 17.8% | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 17.4% | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 16.3% | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.2% | 15.3% | 27.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 21.5% | 19.5% | 24.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 18.0% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 16.3% | 18.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 21 Mozambique 17.0% compare
- 22 Peru 17.0% compare
- 23 Malaysia 16.5% compare
- 25 Türkiye 16.3% compare
- 26 El Salvador 16.2% compare
- 27 Montenegro 15.9% 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 relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Paraguay?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median in Paraguay was 16.3% 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 50% of the median recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 27.7% in 1997.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.3% in 1990.
- How does Paraguay rank for relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median?
- Paraguay ranks 24th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 50% of the median rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.5%. 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 50% 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 50% of the median.