Poverty & Inequality in Paraguay 92 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Paraguay. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Distribution of population between different poverty lines 145,882 people 2024 down 43.7% 63rd Number of people living in extreme poverty 145,882 people 2024 down 43.7% 63rd Share living on less than $8.30 a day vs. mean income or consumption 20.5% 2024 down 27.7% 61st The share and number of people living in extreme poverty 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th Relative poverty: Share of population below 40% of the median 10.4% 2024 down 28.5% 24th Relative poverty: Share of population below 50% of the median 16.3% 2024 down 17.5% 24th Relative poverty: Share of population below 60% of the median 23.7% 2024 down 10.9% 24th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day 90.5% 2024 down 0.1% 70th Extreme monetary poverty and multidimensional poverty over time 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th Share of population living on less than $4.20 per day vs. share in multidimensional poverty 4.5% 2024 down 51.2% 57th Share of global population living in extreme poverty including and excluding China 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 54th Share of the population in poverty vs. Electoral Democracy Index 28.8% 2024 down 19.5% 62nd Number of people living in extreme poverty: September 2024 data vs. latest data 145,882 people 2024 down 43.7% 63rd Distribution of population between different poverty lines 655,544 people 2024 up 15.1% 61st Gini coefficient 0.4425 2024 down 12.7% 14th Cereal yield vs. extreme poverty rate 2.1% 2024 down 50.7% 52nd Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 2.3% 2024 down 61.7% 20th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.449 2024 down 10.9% 6th Gini coefficient (after tax) 0.449 2024 down 10.9% 6th Distribution of population between different poverty lines (2011 prices) 3.89 million people 2022 up 24.5% 62nd Share of population living in extreme poverty (2011 prices) 1.2% 2022 down 61.8% 55th Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) 89.0% 2022 down 1.3% 70th Share of population living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 1.2% 2022 down 61.8% 55th Number of people living in extreme poverty: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 82,232 people 2022 down 56.3% 64th Share of population living on less than the lower-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 5.3% 2022 down 42.3% 56th Share of population living on less than the upper-middle income poverty line: 2011 vs. 2017 prices 15.4% 2022 down 31.2% 59th Share of population living in extreme poverty (2017 prices) 1.3% 2022 down 60.1% 53rd Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age 0.1% 2023 down 89.1% 26th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 15.7% 2024 down 54.2% 40th Share in multidimensional poverty according to national definitions 24.9% 2020 — 15th Proportion of population below the international poverty line of 1.2% 2017 down 84.6% 30th Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio 24.9% 2020 — 14th ← Previous Page 2 of 2