Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Paraguay
Paraguay: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 20.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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 $8.30 a day in Paraguay is 20.5%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is down 10.2% on the previous year and down 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Paraguay peaked at 57.5% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 20.5%, in 2024.
Paraguay ranks 62nd of 120 countries on this measure, 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 $8.30 a day in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 28.8% | — |
| 1995 | 49.3% | +71.1% |
| 1997 | 43.0% | -12.8% |
| 1999 | 46.9% | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 45.3% | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 57.5% | +26.8% |
| 2003 | 51.4% | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 50.3% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 46.5% | -7.6% |
| 2006 | 50.4% | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 47.0% | -6.8% |
| 2008 | 43.9% | -6.6% |
| 2009 | 42.1% | -3.9% |
| 2010 | 39.8% | -5.6% |
| 2011 | 38.0% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 33.3% | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 28.8% | -13.5% |
| 2014 | 28.3% | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 27.5% | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 29.7% | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 26.9% | -9.5% |
| 2018 | 25.3% | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 27.9% | +11.9% |
| 2021 | 27.0% | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 25.8% | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 22.8% | -11.7% |
| 2024 | 20.5% | -10.2% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 20.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 96% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 20.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 22.1%, 93% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +71.1% | 28.8% | 49.3% |
| 2002 | +26.8% | 45.3% | 57.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 42.0% | 28.8% | 49.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 48.3% | 42.1% | 57.5% | 9 |
| 2010s | 30.3% | 25.0% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 24.8% | 20.5% | 27.9% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More poverty & inequality data for Paraguay
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Paraguay?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Paraguay was 20.5% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 57.5% in 2002.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 20.5% in 2024.
- How does Paraguay rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Paraguay ranks 62nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. 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 $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.