Paraguay Poverty Rate 1990-2021
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2018 was 15.90%, a 1.6% decline from 2017.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2017 was 17.50%, a 1.7% decline from 2016.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2016 was 19.20%, a 0.3% increase from 2015.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2015 was 18.90%, a 0.3% increase from 2014.
Paraguay Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
2018 |
15.90% |
-1.60% |
2017 |
17.50% |
-1.70% |
2016 |
19.20% |
0.30% |
2015 |
18.90% |
0.30% |
2014 |
18.60% |
-0.50% |
2013 |
19.10% |
-3.30% |
2012 |
22.40% |
-4.70% |
2011 |
27.10% |
-1.70% |
2010 |
28.80% |
-1.90% |
2009 |
30.70% |
-1.00% |
2008 |
31.70% |
-2.80% |
2007 |
34.50% |
-3.90% |
2006 |
38.40% |
4.80% |
2005 |
33.60% |
-3.40% |
2004 |
37.00% |
-2.30% |
2003 |
39.30% |
-6.60% |
2002 |
45.90% |
10.90% |
2001 |
35.00% |
-1.10% |
1999 |
36.10% |
1.70% |
1997 |
34.40% |
-4.50% |
1995 |
38.90% |
21.90% |
1990 |
17.00% |
21.90% |