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Paraguay

At a glance

  • Paraguay has a population of about 7M; its total GDP of $49.3B ranks #96 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 402,238 km² is about 2.1× the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Tourism receipts stands out most against the median: $104M — rank #132 of 165 countries with data.

Paraguay: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 7M (2025) #106 / 169 median 11.5M · 61%
Population growth 1.2% (2025) #79 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.1×
Urban population share 70.4% (2025) #65 / 169 median 63.8% · 1.1×
Population aged 65+ 6.7% (2025) #90 / 169 median 7.4% · 91%
Fertility rate 2.4 (2024) #69 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.2×
Birth rate 19.7‰ (2024) #67 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.2×
Death rate 5.7‰ (2024) #134 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 80%
Net migration -12.4K (2025) #110 / 169 N/A
Surface area 402,238 km² #62 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 2.1×
Population density derived 17.4/km² (2025) #147 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 24%
Economy
GDP (total) $49.3B (2025) #96 / 168 median $80.7B · 61%
GDP per capita $7,027 (2025) #84 / 168 median $6,834 · 1.0×
GNI per capita $6,750 (2025) #83 / 168 median $6,350 · 1.1×
GDP growth (annual) 6.6% (2025) #22 / 168 median 3.1% · 2.2×
Inflation rate 4.0% (2025) #58 / 162 median 3.3% · 1.2×
Unemployment rate 4.8% (2025) #95 / 168 median 5.1% · 93%
Gini index 44.2 (2024) #22 / 153 median 35.3 · 1.3×
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) 2.1% (2024) #85 / 153 median 2.5% · 84%
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 37.2% (2025) #75 / 163 median 35.0% · 1.1×
Imports share of GDP 39.3% (2025) #84 / 163 median 40.2% · 98%
Agriculture share of GDP 11.6% (2025) #59 / 168 median 7.2% · 1.6×
Manufacturing share of GDP 19.4% (2025) #20 / 165 median 11.2% · 1.7×
International tourist arrivals 1.1M (2020) #84 / 162 median 1.1M · 95%
Tourism receipts $104M (2020) #132 / 165 median $705M · 15%
Health & education
Life expectancy 74.0 years (2024) #83 / 169 median 73.8 years · 1.0×
Infant mortality 14.5‰ (2024) #79 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 1.1×
Under-five mortality 16.3‰ (2024) #82 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.0×
DPT immunization 80.0% (2024) #121 / 166 median 90.5% · 88%
Hospital beds 1.0 per 1,000 (2022) #122 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 51%
Health spending share of GDP 8.4% (2023) #47 / 165 median 6.5% · 1.3×
Secondary school enrollment 79.1% (2024) #111 / 167 median 90.5% · 87%
Education spending share of GDP 3.5% (2024) #105 / 165 median 4.1% · 85%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.756 (2023) #81 / 165 median 0.754 · 1.0×
Internet users 81.6% (2024) #84 / 169 median 81.5% · 1.0×
Mobile subscriptions 126.6 per 100 (2023) #53 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 1.1×
Fixed broadband 12.9 per 100 (2023) #82 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 1.1×
Electricity access 99.8% (2024) #90 / 169 median 99.9% · 100%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 1.2 t (2024) #110 / 165 median 2.6 t · 44%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 8.0 Mt (2024) #117 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 38%
Renewable electricity share 100.0% (2012) #2 / 169 median 34.1% · 2.9×
Renewable energy consumption 58.8% (2021) #38 / 169 median 26.9% · 2.2×
Forest area 38.5% (2023) #63 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.2×
Agricultural land 54.1% (2023) #48 / 169 median 41.7% · 1.3×
Arable land 11.5% (2023) #79 / 168 median 11.0% · 1.0×
PM2.5 exposure 15.3 µg/m³ (2023) #113 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 77%
Military spending 0.9% (2024) #124 / 157 median 1.8% · 52%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

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Paraguay's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 402,238 km².

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Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).