Paraguay Poverty Rate 1990-2022
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 2020 was 17.90%, a 2.5% increase from 2019.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2019 was 15.40%, a 0.2% decline from 2018.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2018 was 15.60%, a 1.4% decline from 2017.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2017 was 17.00%, a 2.2% decline from 2016.
| Paraguay Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2020 |
17.90% |
2.50% |
| 2019 |
15.40% |
-0.20% |
| 2018 |
15.60% |
-1.40% |
| 2017 |
17.00% |
-2.20% |
| 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% |
