Paraguay - Poverty headcount ratio

Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Paraguay was 0.80 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 12.80 in 2002 and a minimum value of 0.80 in 2020.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $1.90 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1990 1.00
1995 11.90
1997 10.40
1999 9.90
2001 8.60
2002 12.80
2003 7.80
2004 5.40
2005 5.80
2006 7.60
2007 7.40
2008 3.90
2009 5.40
2010 5.20
2011 4.60
2012 3.20
2013 1.70
2014 2.20
2015 1.70
2016 1.50
2017 0.90
2018 1.30
2019 0.90
2020 0.80

Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Paraguay was 4.70 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25.90 in 2002 and a minimum value of 4.20 in 1990.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $3.20 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $3.20 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1990 4.20
1995 22.70
1997 19.20
1999 19.30
2001 17.60
2002 25.90
2003 18.70
2004 16.20
2005 13.80
2006 18.70
2007 16.00
2008 13.30
2009 13.40
2010 12.70
2011 12.30
2012 9.10
2013 6.30
2014 6.80
2015 6.60
2016 6.70
2017 4.80
2018 5.40
2019 4.50
2020 4.70

Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of population) in Paraguay was 26.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 57.70 in 2002 and a minimum value of 23.50 in 2019.

Definition: National poverty headcount ratio is the percentage of the population living below the national poverty lines. National estimates are based on population-weighted subgroup estimates from household surveys.

Source: World Bank, Global Poverty Working Group. Data are compiled from official government sources or are computed by World Bank staff using national (i.e. country–specific) poverty lines.

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Year Value
2002 57.70
2003 51.40
2004 48.80
2005 44.90
2006 48.90
2007 45.30
2008 43.20
2009 41.60
2010 39.00
2011 37.00
2012 31.40
2013 28.00
2014 27.20
2015 26.60
2016 28.90
2017 26.40
2018 24.20
2019 23.50
2020 26.90

Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population)

The value for Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day (2011 PPP) (% of population) in Paraguay was 17.90 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 45.90 in 2002 and a minimum value of 15.40 in 2019.

Definition: Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For mor

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Year Value
1990 17.00
1995 38.90
1997 34.40
1999 36.10
2001 35.00
2002 45.90
2003 39.30
2004 37.00
2005 33.60
2006 38.40
2007 34.50
2008 31.70
2009 30.70
2010 28.80
2011 27.10
2012 22.40
2013 19.10
2014 18.60
2015 18.90
2016 19.20
2017 17.00
2018 15.60
2019 15.40
2020 17.90

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates