Gender in Paraguay

236 indicators covering gender for Paraguay.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Child population (UN estimates and projections) 1,993 2030 up 3.6% 99th
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.2942 % change on previous year 2030 down 137.1% 81st
Population 5,415 2030 up 15.7% 111th
Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 5,415 2030 up 15.7% 111th
Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year 2030 down 4.2% 80th
Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 65,495 2025 down 1.4% 98th
Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 68,548 2025 down 1.5% 98th
Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 65,498 2025 up 1.1% 98th
Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 68,560 2025 up 1.1% 98th
Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 65,610 2025 up 3.4% 98th
Age population, age 02, male, interpolated 68,704 2025 up 3.4% 98th
Age population, age 03, female, interpolated 65,881 2025 up 5.7% 98th
Age population, age 03, male, interpolated 68,984 2025 up 5.8% 98th
Age population, age 04, female, interpolated 66,108 2025 up 8.0% 98th
Age population, age 04, male, interpolated 69,208 2025 up 8.1% 99th
Age population, age 05, female, interpolated 66,286 2025 up 9.3% 99th
Age population, age 05, male, interpolated 69,374 2025 up 9.3% 99th
Women's universal right to vote 1 2025 unchanged 1st
Universal suffrage women lexical, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2025 1st
Inactivity rate (ILO modelled estimates) 29.8 2027 up 2.9% 162nd
Women's Political Empowerment Index 0.669 2025 down 2.9% 118th
Women's Civil Liberties Index 0.533 2025 down 25.8% 121st
Women's Civil Society Participation Index 0.583 2025 down 7.6% 124th
Women's Political Participation Index 0.905 2025 up 21.3% 103rd
Women's political empowerment index vs. electoral democracy index 0.669 2025 down 2.9% 118th
Key features of women's political empowerment 0.669 2025 down 2.9% 118th
Key features of womens political empowerment, annual growth rate -3.6 % change on previous year 2025 down 213.9% 153rd
Key features of womens political empowerment, gaps filled 0.669 2025 down 2.9% 118th
Gender of the head of government, gaps filled 0 2025 20th
Prevalence of obesity, female 39.8% 2024 up 32.0% 45th
Prevalence of obesity, male 29.3% 2024 up 28.8% 38th
Life expectancy at age 60, female 21.8 years 2024 up 1.0% 114th
Life expectancy at age 60, male 19.31 years 2024 up 5.3% 91st
Share of women who are obese 39.8% 2024 up 32.0% 48th
Share of women who are overweight or obese 73.0% 2024 up 12.8% 35th
Share of overweight men vs. women 69.8% 2024 up 13.4% 29th
Share of women expected to survive to the age of 65 84.0% 2024 up 1.3% 114th
Share of women who are married or in a union 10.5% 2022 down 1.6% 69th
Population, per capita 1 units per person 2024 unchanged 27th
Population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP 2024 up 3.0% 90th
Population, annual growth rate 1.24 % change on previous year 2024 down 15.0% 85th
Key features of womens political empowerment, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2025 down 28.6% 71st
Women and men have the same rights to own property 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Married women are required by law to obey their husbands 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Total calories from animal protein vs. mean male height 104.2 kilocalories per day per capita 2023 down 24.6% 138th
Women, Business and the Law Index 94.38 index (0–100) 2023 up 2.7% 29th
Women can apply for a passport in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can register a business on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can get a divorce on the same terms as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women have the same rights to remarry as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Women can open a bank account in the same way as men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Equal access to financial services for women and men 1 (1=yes; 0=no) 2023 unchanged 1st
Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), per capita 0.0003 units per person 2025 down 5.9% 74th
Women can open bank account same as men, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Women can register a business in the same way as men, annual growth 0 % change on previous year 2023 1st
Population, per square kilometre 17.28 units per square kilometre 2023 up 14.8% 165th
Population (UN estimates and projections), per capita 0.0007 units per person 2025 up 2.6% 110th
Labor force, female 1.49 million 2025 up 26.3% 99th
Labor force, female, per capita 0.2125 units per person 2025 up 10.9% 79th
Primary school completion rates, adjusted gender parity index 1.04 index 2025 down 0.8% 48th