Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Paraguay
Paraguay: Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income was 16.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Paraguay, 1990–2024
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 16.3% for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.3% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Paraguay peaked at 27.7% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 15.3%, in 1990.
That places Paraguay 25th out of 130 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 28 years of available data.
Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 15.3% | — |
| 1995 | 26.2% | +71.2% |
| 1997 | 27.7% | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 23.6% | -14.8% |
| 2001 | 24.4% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 23.8% | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 21.6% | -9.2% |
| 2004 | 19.5% | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 19.8% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 21.7% | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 20.6% | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 20.2% | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 22.0% | +8.9% |
| 2010 | 21.5% | -2.3% |
| 2011 | 22.7% | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 21.1% | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 19.9% | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 19.8% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 20.2% | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 19.1% | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 18.0% | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 18.2% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 18.6% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 18.6% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 17.1% | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 17.8% | +4.1% |
| 2023 | 17.4% | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 16.3% | -6.3% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 16.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 14.8%, 1.1× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 16.3% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.8%, 92% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +71.2% | 15.3% | 26.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.2% | 15.3% | 27.7% | 4 |
| 2000s | 21.5% | 19.5% | 24.4% | 9 |
| 2010s | 19.9% | 18.0% | 22.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.4% | 16.3% | 18.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More infrastructure data for Paraguay
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 8.67 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 126.61 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 205,511 (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 3 per 100 people (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per capita 0.03 units per person (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, annual growth rate 21.95 % change on previous year (2023)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions, gaps filled 205,511 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per capita 1.27 units per person (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Paraguay?
- Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income in Paraguay was 16.3% in 2024, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 27.7% in 1997.
- What is the lowest proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.3% in 1990.
- How does Paraguay rank for proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income?
- Paraguay ranks 25th out of 130 countries with data for 2024.
- Is proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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