Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in Paraguay
Paraguay: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile was 2.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in Paraguay, 2007–2022
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in Paraguay stood at 2.4%.
That represents a change of down 36.3% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in Paraguay peaked at 4.5% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2014.
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 | poorest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 2.9% | — |
| 2008 | 3.9% | +35.7% |
| 2009 | 4.4% | +14.2% |
| 2010 | 3.1% | -31.1% |
| 2011 | 4.5% | +48.0% |
| 2012 | 2.3% | -48.9% |
| 2013 | 3.2% | +37.7% |
| 2014 | 2.1% | -33.0% |
| 2015 | 2.9% | +34.2% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 3.4% | +19.0% |
| 2018 | 2.6% | -23.4% |
| 2019 | 4.0% | +50.0% |
| 2020 | 3.0% | -23.0% |
| 2021 | 3.8% | +26.1% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | -36.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | 2.9% | 4.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.1% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.4% | 3.8% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 29 Peru 5.3% compare
- 30 Côte d'Ivoire 5.2% compare
- 31 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 4.7% compare
- 33 El Salvador 1.9% compare
- 34 Honduras 0.9% 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 2.4% 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 4.5% in 2011.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2014.
- 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 5.7%. 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). 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