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 17.00%, a 1.6% decline from 2017.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2017 was 18.60%, a 1.5% decline from 2016.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2016 was 20.10%, a 0.1% increase from 2015.
- Paraguay poverty rate for 2015 was 20.00%, a 0.7% increase from 2014.
| Paraguay Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
17.00% |
-1.60% |
| 2017 |
18.60% |
-1.50% |
| 2016 |
20.10% |
0.10% |
| 2015 |
20.00% |
0.70% |
| 2014 |
19.30% |
-1.10% |
| 2013 |
20.40% |
-3.10% |
| 2012 |
23.50% |
-4.80% |
| 2011 |
28.30% |
-1.70% |
| 2010 |
30.00% |
-1.90% |
| 2009 |
31.90% |
-1.10% |
| 2008 |
33.00% |
-3.10% |
| 2007 |
36.10% |
-3.40% |
| 2006 |
39.50% |
4.50% |
| 2005 |
35.00% |
-3.50% |
| 2004 |
38.50% |
-2.00% |
| 2003 |
40.50% |
-6.90% |
| 2002 |
47.40% |
11.20% |
| 2001 |
36.20% |
-1.00% |
| 1999 |
37.20% |
1.90% |
| 1997 |
35.30% |
-5.00% |
| 1995 |
40.30% |
22.00% |
| 1990 |
18.30% |
22.00% |
