Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Paraguay
Paraguay: Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median was 23.7% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% 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 60% of the median in Paraguay stood at 23.7%.
The figure is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 10.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Paraguay peaked at 32.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 22.9%, in 1990.
Paraguay ranks 24th of 120 countries on this measure, 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 60% of the median in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 22.9% | — |
| 1995 | 32.2% | +40.6% |
| 1997 | 32.9% | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 29.9% | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 30.3% | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 30.1% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 28.1% | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 26.0% | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 27.0% | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 27.7% | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 27.2% | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 26.3% | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 27.7% | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 27.5% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 28.8% | +4.9% |
| 2012 | 27.6% | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 26.3% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 26.6% | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 25.9% | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 26.0% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 24.4% | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 25.2% | +3.2% |
| 2019 | 25.3% | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 25.0% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 24.6% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 24.6% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 24.3% | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 23.7% | -2.7% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 23.7% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.9%, 1.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 23.7% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 24.7%, 96% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +40.6% | 22.9% | 32.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 29.5% | 22.9% | 32.9% | 4 |
| 2000s | 27.8% | 26.0% | 30.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 26.4% | 24.4% | 28.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.4% | 23.7% | 25.0% | 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 60% of the median in Paraguay?
- Relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median in Paraguay was 23.7% 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 60% of the median recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 32.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.9% in 1990.
- How does Paraguay rank for relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median?
- Paraguay ranks 24th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is relative poverty: share of population below 60% of the median rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.9%. 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 60% 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 60% of the median.