Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Paraguay

4.5% of people in Paraguay lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Paraguay, 2024 4.5% % of population
Change from 2023 −1.3percentage points 2023: 5.8%
World, 2024 18.2% Official aggregate

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Paraguay over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period ParaguayWorld
2024 4.5% 18.2%
2023 5.8% 19.3%
2022 7.2% 20.5%
2021 5.6% 21.4%
2020 6.5% 22.1%
2019 6.5% –
2018 6.9% 22.3%
2017 6.6% 23.6%
2016 8.6% 24.9%
2015 8.8% 26.3%
2014 9.3% 27.9%
2013 8.5% 29.3%
2012 11.9% 32.0%
2011 14.8% 33.6%
2010 16.0% 35.8%
2009 17.5% 38.1%
2008 16.5% 39.3%
2007 18.9% 40.5%
2006 22.4% 42.2%
2005 17.7% 43.7%
2004 20.1% 45.4%
2003 22.9% 47.2%
2002 30.4% 48.6%
2001 21.6% 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.3 percentage points from 5.8% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9.3%, the figure has changed by −4.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 18.2%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Paraguay
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform