Poverty & Inequality in Paraguay 92 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Paraguay. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 9 surveys 2025 down 10.0% 4th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 21.0% 37th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 33.9% 31st Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 2.42 live births per woman 2023 down 8.1% 84th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 4,482 kg per hectare 2023 up 21.7% 52nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 8.6% 52nd Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 27.88 % change on previous year 2023 up 30.7% 10th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 11.33 2023 up 14.2% 152nd Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 11.3% 2023 up 14.2% 152nd Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 up 2.0% 108th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -1.28 % change on previous year 2023 up 79.6% 125th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -10 % change on previous year 2025 — 65th Gender Inequality Index 0.412 2023 down 7.0% 67th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 12.0% 2023 up 9.6% 158th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.1098 2023 down 6.6% 96th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.1098 2023 down 6.6% 96th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1341 2023 down 4.5% 97th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 2.1% 2024 down 51.2% 56th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.5% 2024 down 61.5% 60th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 4.5% 2024 down 51.6% 59th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 20.5% 2024 down 27.6% 62nd Prosperity gap 2.5 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2024 down 19.4% 62nd Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.3457 2023 down 7.3% 59th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 1.3% 2024 down 53.6% 58th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 22.7% 2024 down 14.0% 53rd Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 6.4% 2024 down 39.0% 60th Population living in slums 15.1% 2022 down 37.2% 88th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.599 2023 up 5.3% 88th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.599 2023 up 5.3% 88th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.599 2023 up 5.3% 88th Proportion of population below international poverty line 2.1% 2024 down 51.2% 58th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 191.24 2023 up 2.8% 75th Income share held by second 20% 9.7% 2024 up 16.9% 106th Income share held by third 20% 14.1% 2024 up 11.9% 110th Income share held by fourth 20% 20.7% 2024 up 6.2% 112th Income share held by highest 20% 50.2% 2024 down 9.7% 12th Income share held by highest 10% 35.0% 2024 down 14.0% 10th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.0% 2024 up 42.9% 100th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.3% 2024 up 32.5% 104th Gini index 44.2 2024 down 12.8% 14th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 16.3% 2024 down 17.7% 27th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 36.76 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2024 down 57.3% 70th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.5% 2024 down 62.6% 60th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0381 2024 up 119.3% 104th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 up 100.0% 97th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 9,114 2017 up 53.9% 95th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4425 2024 down 12.7% 14th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 145,882 people 2024 down 43.7% 63rd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 4.93 million people 2024 up 26.6% 66th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. mean income or consumption per day 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th Share in poverty relative to different poverty lines 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 655,544 people 2024 up 15.1% 61st Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day 83.2% 2024 down 1.1% 70th Share of population living in extreme poverty 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day 20.5% 2024 down 27.7% 61st Number of people living in extreme poverty 6.78 million people 2024 up 16.7% 79th Page 1 of 2 Next →