Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile in Paraguay
Paraguay: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile was 5.6% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Latest (2022)
5.6%
Change on year
down 29.7%
World rank
32nd
of 34 countries
All-time high
10.6%
in 2009
All-time low
4.4%
in 2018
Years of data
16
2007–2022
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile in Paraguay, 2007–2022
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 5.6% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in 2022.
The figure is down 29.7% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in Paraguay peaked at 10.6% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4.4%, in 2018.
Paraguay ranks 32nd of 34 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6.1% | — |
| 2008 | 8.5% | +38.8% |
| 2009 | 10.6% | +25.3% |
| 2010 | 8.1% | -23.3% |
| 2011 | 10.0% | +23.0% |
| 2012 | 5.6% | -44.2% |
| 2013 | 7.4% | +33.2% |
| 2014 | 4.8% | -35.0% |
| 2015 | 7.0% | +45.2% |
| 2016 | 6.6% | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 6.9% | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 4.4% | -36.0% |
| 2019 | 5.2% | +17.8% |
| 2020 | 6.0% | +16.1% |
| 2021 | 7.9% | +31.8% |
| 2022 | 5.6% | -29.7% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 5.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.5%, 15% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 5.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 17.0%, 33% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.4% | 6.1% | 10.6% | 3 |
| 2010s | 6.6% | 4.4% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.5% | 5.6% | 7.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 29 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 9.2% compare
- 30 Côte d'Ivoire 8.5% compare
- 31 Peru 8.0% compare
- 33 Honduras 3.2% compare
- 34 El Salvador 3.0% compare
More work & labour data for Paraguay
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.23 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.2175 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.2425 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.2 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.9753 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 6,607 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 2,290 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 4,534 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 4,514 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 9,048 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in Paraguay?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile in Paraguay was 5.6% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 10.6% in 2009.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.4% in 2018.
- How does Paraguay rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile?
- Paraguay ranks 32nd out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st quintile rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap