Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st in Paraguay
Paraguay: Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st was 4.9% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st in Paraguay, 2007–2022
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
In 2022, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st in Paraguay stood at 4.9%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.2% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st in Paraguay peaked at 8.1% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3.2%, in 2018.
That places Paraguay 31st out of 34 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4.5% | — |
| 2008 | 4.3% | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 8.1% | +90.6% |
| 2010 | 7.4% | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 7.0% | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 6.1% | -13.5% |
| 2013 | 6.8% | +11.9% |
| 2014 | 3.9% | -42.0% |
| 2015 | 5.8% | +47.8% |
| 2016 | 4.7% | -18.9% |
| 2017 | 4.9% | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 3.2% | -34.7% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | +31.9% |
| 2020 | 5.7% | +37.2% |
| 2021 | 7.0% | +21.8% |
| 2022 | 4.9% | -30.2% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 4.9% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 23.0%, 21% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 4.9% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10.1%, 48% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.6% | 4.3% | 8.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 5.4% | 3.2% | 7.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.9% | 4.9% | 7.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 28 South Africa 7.0% compare
- 29 Dominican Republic 6.9% compare
- 30 Peru 5.7% compare
- 32 Côte d'Ivoire 4.1% compare
- 33 El Salvador 3.3% compare
- 34 Honduras 2.2% 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 headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st in Paraguay?
- Poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st in Paraguay was 4.9% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 8.1% in 2009.
- What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.2% in 2018.
- How does Paraguay rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st?
- Paraguay ranks 31st out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
- Is poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social insurance - 1st rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. 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 Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount