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	0
Internet users - percent of population	99	64.99 %	2018
Internet users - total	89	4.566 million	0
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	157	3.84	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	111	272656	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	107	109.24	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	101	7.762 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	108	5.968 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget - revenues	107	5.524 billion US Dollars	2017
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	41	1.1 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	54	61.6	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	97	59.1	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	105	76	2020
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	101	65.1	2020
GDP (official exchange rate)	98	38.940 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	67	46.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	110	11.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	81	66.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	82	42.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	104	17.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	52	0.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	51	17.9 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	79	27.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	120	54.5 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	26	37.6 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	36	1.5 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	67	2 %	2017
Labor force	101	3.428 million US Dollars	2017
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	63	26.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	77	18.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	93	55 %	2008
Population below poverty line	71	23.5	2019
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	96	89.362 billion US Dollars	2019
Real GDP per capita	100	12685 US Dollars	2019
Taxes and other revenues	152	14.2 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	116	7.740 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	84	0	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	93	10.900 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	5	41.130 billion kWh	2015
Electricity - from fossil fuels	81	0	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	2	99	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	40	1	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	66	8.870 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	45	63.130 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	106	43000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	89	40760 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	110	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	111	7.41 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	54	27.65 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	157	11.16 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	55	53.8	2018
Land use - arable land	91	10.8	2018
Land use - forest	59	43.8	2018
Land use - other	178	2.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	26	42.8	2018
Revenue from coal	31	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	47	1.21 % 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	2025
Urbanization - urban population	95	62.5	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	61	397302 sq km	0
Area - total	61	406752 sq km	0
Area - water	67	945061 sq km	0
Coastline	174	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	138	842 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	26	46 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	124	178 meters	0
Irrigated land	82	1362 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	38	4655 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	55	53.8	2018
Land use - arable land	91	10.8	2018
Land use - forest	59	43.8	2018
Land use - other	178	2.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	26	42.8	2018
Total renewable water resources	29	387.770 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	71	17.71 %	3525
Age structure - 25-54 years	62	42.63 %	2851
Age structure - 55-64 years	115	8.37 %	5890
Birth rate	95	16.43 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	33	68.4 %	2016
Current Health Expenditure	44	6.7 % of GDP	2018
Death rate	174	4.84 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	82	10.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	72	9.4 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	81	55.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	60	49.9 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	107	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	99	0 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	70	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	44	3.4 % of GDP	2016
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	35	0.3	2020
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	2020
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	64	19000	2020
Hospital bed density	61	0.8 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	0
Infant mortality rate - total	71	23.83 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	58	80.93 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	60	75.46 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	61	78.13 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	69	84	2017
Median age - female	95	29.9 years	2020
Median age - male	84	29.5 years	0
Median age - total	87	29.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	52	22.9	2008
Net migration rate	75	0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	77	20.3 %	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	98.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	83	15.2 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	76	6.8 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	92	1.6 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	9	13 years	2010
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	12 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	10	12 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	25	1	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	19	1.03	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.89 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	17	1 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	96	1.89 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	64	20.1	2019
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	81	12.1	0
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	75	15.3	0
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	79	1.64	2025
Urbanization - urban population	95	62.5	2021
Transportation
Airports	9	799	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	37	7	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	40	N/A	2021
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 paved runways - under 914 m	35	N/A	2021
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
Heliports	26	N/A	2021
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	108	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	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	26	2	2020
Railways - total	127	30 km	2014
Roadways - paved	86	6167 km	2017
Roadways - total	53	74676 km	2017
Waterways	31	3100 km	0

*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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