At a glance
Twelve headline indicators, latest available year.
What changed in Paraguay
Statistically notable movements in the latest data.
- Record high2025MajorGDP reached a record high of US$ 49.3B in 2025 (series since 1960).
- Record high2023MajorMedian age reached a record high of 26.3 years in 2023 (series since 1950).
- Record high2025MajorGDP per capita reached a record high of US$ 7,027 in 2025 (series since 1960).
- Record high2024NotableLife expectancy reached a record high of 74.0 years in 2024 (series since 1960).
- Record low2023NotableHomicide rate fell to a record low of 6.8 per 100,000 in 2023 (series since 2000).
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2025
Key facts
Computed from the data — no model-generated numbers.
The fertility rate fell from 3.51 births/woman in 2000 to 2.42 births/woman in 2024.
Trade is worth 76.5 % of GDP (2025), below the world median of 79.8 %.
GDP per capita rose from US$ 1,736 in 2000 to US$ 7,027 in 2025 (+304.7 % in current US dollars).
GDP grew 3.3 % a year on average over 2014–2025.
Unemployment of 4.8 % in 2025 is below the Latin America & Caribbean median of 6.3 %.
Paraguay's population grew 37.5 % between 2000 and 2025, from 5.1M people to 7.0M people.
Within Latin America & Caribbean, Paraguay ranks 22nd of 33 for GDP per capita (PPP) (intl $ 20,181, 2025).
CO₂ emissions of 1.15 t per person are 0.37× the world median of 3.10 t (2024).
81.6 % of people used the internet in 2024, up from 19.8 % in 2010.
With a median age of 26.3 years, Paraguay ranks 137th of 216 countries worldwide (2023).
Life expectancy of 74.0 years ranks 26th of 42 in Latin America & Caribbean (2024).
Life expectancy gained 4.0 years since 2000, from 70.0 years to 74.0 years in 2024.
70.4 % of the population lived in urban areas in 2025, compared with 57.5 % in 2000.
Borders: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil
Languages: Guaraní, Spanish
Timeline
Records, reversals and turning points across the whole history.
- 2025
- 2024
- Sharp riseICT service exports (% of service exports) rose 4.7 points to 10.1 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseWomen in parliament rose 1.2 points to 23.8 % in 2024.
- Sharp dropTrade balance fell US$ 1.6B to US$ -746.0M in 2024.
- Sharp dropCurrent account balance (US$) fell US$ 1.6B to US$ -1.5B in 2024.
- Sharp riseTerrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) rose 0.6 points to 14.9 % in 2024.
- Sharp riseTax revenue rose 1.2 points to 11.3 % in 2024.
- Sharp dropElectricity consumption per capita fell 21.0 % to 6,121 kWh in 2024.
- Sharp dropElectricity generation fell 20.0 % to 42.4 TWh in 2024.
- Sharp dropHydropower electricity generation fell 20.1 % to 42.17 TWh in 2024.
- Sharp dropFuel exports (% of merchandise exports) fell 2.2 points to 10.9 % in 2024.
- ReversalTrade balance turned negative in 2024 (US$ -746.0M).
- ReversalCurrent account balance (US$) turned negative in 2024 (US$ -1.5B).
- ReversalCurrent account turned negative in 2024 (-3.3 %).
- Record highMilitary expenditure (current US$) set a new high of US$ 414.0M in 2024, the first since 2014.
- Record highRemittances set a new high of 2.5 % in 2024, the first since 2006.
- Record highGNI per capita set a new high of US$ 6,290 in 2024, the first since 2014.
- 2023
- Sharp riseCurrent account balance (US$) rose US$ 2.8B to US$ 122.8M in 2023.
- Sharp riseICT service exports (% of service exports) rose 4.4 points to 5.4 % in 2023.
- Sharp dropFuel exports (% of merchandise exports) fell 3.7 points to 13.1 % in 2023.
- Sharp dropMaternal mortality ratio fell 25.6 % to 58.0 per 100,000 in 2023.
- Sharp riseWomen in parliament rose 5.0 points to 22.5 % in 2023.
- Sharp riseLife expectancy at birth, female rose 1.5 years to 77.0 years in 2023.
- ReversalGDP growth turned positive in 2023 (5.3 %).
- Sharp riseLife expectancy at birth, male rose 1.5 years to 70.9 years in 2023.
- Sharp riseTrade balance rose US$ 3.0B to US$ 835.9M in 2023.
- Sharp dropDeath rate, crude fell 10.3 % to 5.7 per 1,000 in 2023.
- Sharp dropInvestment fell 7.5 points to 20.3 % in 2023.
Explore Paraguay by topic
19 topics · 259 indicators with data.
- Economy24 with data · 27 indicators
- Government & public finance13 with data · 18 indicators
- Population & demographics23 with data · 23 indicators
- Employment & wages12 with data · 19 indicators
- Income & inequality8 with data · 10 indicators
- Housing0 with data · 12 indicators
- Health23 with data · 23 indicators
- Education15 with data · 16 indicators
- Trade21 with data · 21 indicators
- Energy26 with data · 26 indicators
- Climate15 with data · 16 indicators
- Environment10 with data · 10 indicators
- Infrastructure & transportation8 with data · 10 indicators
- Digital economy & Internet6 with data · 6 indicators
- Innovation, research & technology9 with data · 9 indicators
- Agriculture & natural resources20 with data · 20 indicators
- Tourism5 with data · 5 indicators
- Security & governance8 with data · 15 indicators
- Quality of life13 with data · 14 indicators