International Rankings of Paraguay 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Paraguay, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Paraguay, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	121	5.31	2019
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	99	377379	N/A
Internet users - percent of population	99	64.99 %	2018
Internet users - total	89	4.566 million	N/A
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	157	3.84	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	111	272656	N/A
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	107	109.24	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	101	7.762 million	N/A
Economy
Budget - expenditures	108	5.968 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	107	5.524 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	41	1.10 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	100	298.000 million US Dollars	2017
Debt - external	103	16.622 billion US Dollars	2019
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	54	62	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	97	59	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	105	76	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	101	65	2020
Exports	91	11.730 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP (official exchange rate)	98	38.940 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	67	46.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	110	11.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	81	66.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	82	42.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	104	17.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	0.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	51	17.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	79	27.70 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	120	54.50 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	22	46 %	2018
Gross national saving	77	21	2019
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	26	37.60 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	36	1.50 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	101	11.350 billion US Dollars	2017
Industrial production growth rate	67	2.00 %	2017
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	51	3.60 %	2017
Labor force	101	3.428 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	63	27 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry	77	19 %	N/A
Labor force - by occupation - services	93	55 %	2008
Population below poverty line	71	24 %	2019
Public debt	162	19.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	97	89.362 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP growth rate	38	4.80 %	2017
Real GDP per capita	121	12685 US Dollars	2019
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	79	7.877 billion US Dollars	2017
Taxes and other revenues	152	14.20 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	100	5.70 %	2017
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	116	7.740 million	2017
Electricity - consumption	93	10.900 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	5	41.130 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	2	99	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - installed generating capacity	66	8.870 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	45	63.130 billion	2016
Refined petroleum products - consumption	106	43000	2016
Refined petroleum products - imports	89	40760 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	111	7 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	54	28 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	157	11 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	55	54	2018
Land use - arable land	91	11	2018
Land use - forest	59	44	2018
Land use - other	178	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	26	43	2018
Revenue from forest resources	47	1 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	29	387.770 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	73	1.897 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	93	154.000 million cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	90	362.000 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	79	1.64	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	95	63	2021
Geography
Area - land	61	397302 sq km	N/A
Area - total	61	406752 sq km	N/A
Area - water	48	9450 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	136	842 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	26	46 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	124	178 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	82	1362 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	39	4655 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	55	54	2018
Land use - arable land	91	11	2018
Land use - forest	59	44	2018
Land use - other	178	2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	26	43	2018
Total renewable water resources	29	387.770 billion	2017
Population Density	193	18.31 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	59	1 % of GDP	2019
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	71	17.71	N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years	62	42.63	N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years	115	8.37	N/A
Birth rate	95	16.43 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	33	68.40 %	2016
Current Health Expenditure	44	7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	174	4.84 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	82	10.60 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	72	9.40 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	81	55.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	60	49.90 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	44	3 % of GDP	2016
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.30	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	64	19000	2020
Hospital bed density	61	0.80 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	73	19.21 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	69	28.23 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	71	23.83 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female	58	81 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	60	75 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	61	78 years	N/A
Maternal mortality rate	69	84.00	2017
Median age - female	95	30 years	2020
Median age - male	84	30 years	N/A
Median age - total	87	30 years	N/A
Mother's mean age at first birth	52	23	2008
Net migration rate	75	0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	77	20.30 %	2016
Physicians density	96	1.35 physicians/1,000 population	2018
Population	101	7.273 million	2021
Population growth rate	78	1.15 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	16	98 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	83	15 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	76	7 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	92	2 % of population	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2010
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1.00	N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	19	1.03	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	17	1.00 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	96	1.89 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	64	20	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	81	12	N/A
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	75	15	N/A
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	79	1.64	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	95	63	2021
Transportation
Airports	9	799	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	37	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	39	5	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	63	15	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	13	23	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	5	290	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	7	784	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	8	471	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	104	1.970 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	111	560631	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	94	8.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	124	30 km	2014
Roadways - paved	85	6167 km	2017
Roadways - total	53	74676 km	2017
Waterways	31	3100 km	N/A

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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