Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Paraguay
20.5% of people in Paraguay lived on less than $8.30 a day in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Paraguay, 2024
20.5%
Change from 2023
−2.3percentage points
World, 2024
46.2%
Poverty rate at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) in Paraguay over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Paraguay | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20.5% | 46.2% |
| 2023 | 22.8% | 47.1% |
| 2022 | 25.8% | 48.3% |
| 2021 | 27.0% | 48.7% |
| 2020 | 27.9% | 50.4% |
| 2019 | 25.0% | – |
| 2018 | 25.3% | 50.4% |
| 2017 | 26.9% | 51.5% |
| 2016 | 29.7% | 52.4% |
| 2015 | 27.5% | 53.5% |
| 2014 | 28.3% | 54.7% |
| 2013 | 28.8% | 55.8% |
| 2012 | 33.3% | 57.5% |
| 2011 | 38.0% | 58.8% |
| 2010 | 39.8% | 60.2% |
| 2009 | 42.1% | 61.7% |
| 2008 | 43.9% | 62.5% |
| 2007 | 47.0% | 63.6% |
| 2006 | 50.4% | 65.0% |
| 2005 | 46.5% | 66.2% |
| 2004 | 50.3% | 67.4% |
| 2003 | 51.4% | 68.7% |
| 2002 | 57.5% | 69.3% |
| 2001 | 45.3% | 70.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from 22.8% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 28.3%, the figure has changed by −7.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 46.2%.