Country
Paraguay
- Region
- Latin America & Caribbean
- Income group
- upper middle income
- Capital
- Asuncion
- ISO code
- PY · PRY
74 indicators. Each shows the value, the rank among the world’s countries and the change over time – click to see the map.
- Population
- 7M
- GDP per capita (PPP)
- 17,246 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices)
- Life expectancy
- 74.0 years
- CO₂ emissions per person
- 1.2 t CO₂
Population
- Population 7M 2025 107th of 214
- Population density 17 people/km² 2024 189th of 212
- Population growth 1.20 % per year 2025 87th of 214
- Natural increase 14.3 per 1,000 people 2023 74th of 228
- Net migration -1.8 per 1,000 people 2025 152nd of 214
- Fertility rate 2.42 births per woman 2024 79th of 214
- Urban population 70.4 % 2025 88th of 214
- Median age 26.3 years 2023 150th of 228
- Population aged 65+ 6.7 % 2025 126th of 214
- Old-age dependency ratio 10.4 per 100 people aged 15–64 2025 125th of 214
- Children under 15 28.4 % 2025 78th of 214
Health
- Life expectancy 74.0 years 2024 113th of 214
- Life expectancy, women 77.1 years 2024 116th of 214
- Life expectancy, men 71.0 years 2024 111th of 214
- Life expectancy gap, women vs men 6.1 years 2024 55th of 214
- Infant mortality 14.5 per 1,000 births 2024 87th of 195
- Under-5 mortality 16.3 per 1,000 births 2024 90th of 195
- Maternal mortality 58 per 100,000 births 2023 89th of 193
- Health spending per person 527 USD 2023 84th of 190
- Health spending (PPP) 1,469 $ (PPP) 2023 75th of 191
- Physicians 3.89 per 1,000 people 2022 33rd of 179
- Hospital beds 1.0 per 1,000 people 2022 118th of 150
- Measles immunization 90 % 2024 91st of 191
- Undernourishment 4.1 % 2024 88th of 165
- Tobacco use 6.4 % 2024 156th of 165
- Calorie supply 3,067 kcal per day 2023 75th of 175
- Meat supply 26.9 kg per person per year 2023 130th of 175
Economy
- GDP 49.3B USD 2025 97th of 185
- GDP per capita 7,027 USD 2025 100th of 185
- GDP per capita (PPP) 17,246 int-$ (PPP, 2021 prices) 2025 94th of 184
- GDP per capita since 1820 8,763 int-$ (2011 prices) 2022 99th of 165
- GDP growth 6.6 % 2025 21st of 185
- GDP per capita growth 5.4 % 2025 21st of 185
- Inflation 4.0 % 2025 50th of 169
- Unemployment 4.8 % 2025 100th of 181
- Youth unemployment 11.7 % 2025 96th of 181
- Youth not in education, employment or training 18.6 % 2017 not ranked – no value for 2025
- Trade 77 % of GDP 2024 97th of 172
- Income inequality (Gini) 44.2 2024 18th of 151
- Extreme poverty 2.1 % 2024 74th of 151
- Agriculture in the economy 11.2 % of GDP 2024 62nd of 187
- Women in the labour force 59.0 % 2025 54th of 181
Education and society
- Human Development Index (HDI) 0.756 2023 99th of 192
- Literacy rate 94.9 % 2024 49th of 122
- Education spending 3.4 % of GDP 2022 107th of 163
- Secondary school enrolment 80 % 2023 110th of 145
- Tertiary enrolment 38 % 2010 not ranked – no value for 2023
- Primary completion rate 90 % 2023 96th of 135
- Women in parliament 23.8 % 2025 104th of 183
- Homicide rate 7.3 per 100,000 people 2020 36th of 129
Technology and infrastructure
- Internet use 82 % 2024 95th of 182
- Mobile phone subscriptions 127 per 100 people 2023 66th of 172
- Fixed broadband 12.9 per 100 people 2023 92nd of 169
- Access to electricity 99.8 % 2024 123rd of 212
- Safe drinking water 64 % 2024 96th of 146
- Safely managed sanitation 59 % 2024 74th of 140
- Research and development 0.14 % of GDP 2023 74th of 84
Environment and energy
- CO₂ emissions 8.0 Mt CO₂ 2024 120th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person 1.2 t CO₂ 2024 135th of 201
- CO₂ emissions per person since 1850 1.15 t CO₂ 2024 152nd of 212
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 0.2 Gt CO₂ 2024 129th of 212
- Greenhouse gases per person 6.0 t CO₂e 2024 63rd of 201
- Forest area 36.5 % of land 2024 90th of 208
- Water stress 2 % 2022 151st of 176
- Arable land 11.5 % of land 2024 89th of 205
- Renewable energy 58.8 % of final energy 2021 38th of 210
- Renewable electricity 100.0 % of electricity 2024 1st of 193
- Nuclear electricity 0.0 % of electricity 2024 32nd of 193
- Electricity from coal 0.0 % of electricity 2024 82nd of 193
- Electricity from wind 0.0 % of electricity 2024 108th of 193
- Electricity from solar 0.0 % of electricity 2024 176th of 193
- Carbon intensity of electricity 25 g CO₂e/kWh 2024 189th of 193
- Electricity generation per person 6,120 kWh 2024 38th of 190
- PM2.5 air pollution 15.3 µg/m³ 2023 115th of 199
Paraguay on other Ominuvo maps
- Languages of the worldGuarani, Spanish · official languagesSource: Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3)
- Prices around the worldParaguayan guaraní (PYG)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC−3Source: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C · 220 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world3 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- VPN provider mapServers of 6 VPN providersSource: VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0)