International Rankings of Paraguay 2023, 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	46	8	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	91	562369	2020
Internet users - percent of population	38	77 %	2021
Internet users - total	90	5.159 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	56	3	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	119	203971	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	44	119	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	101	7.975 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	22	4.2 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	27	31.7 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	101	8.714 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	102	7.272 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	41	1.1 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	62	311.068 million US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	103	16.622 billion US Dollars	2019
Exports	94	14.154 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	99	38.940 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	69	46.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	111	11.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	83	66.7 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	84	42.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	106	17.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	53	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	127	54.5 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	30	43.5 %	2020
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
Imports	104	13.454 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	93	4.69 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	67	4.79 %	2021
Labor force	101	3.430 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	63	26.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	79	18.5 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	97	55 %	2008
Population below poverty line	73	23.5 %	2019
Public debt	178	19.5 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	97	91.759 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	110	4.1 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	108	13700 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	82	9.661 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	183	9.51 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	101	7.21 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	72	21.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	103	12.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	84	16.3	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	125	3000 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	103	7.893 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	122	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	112	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	90	12.719 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	6	31.748 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	70	8.831 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	50	4.470 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	161	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	1	100 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	69	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	89	62.775 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	101	56900 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	95	2000 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	91	40760 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	112	7.41 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	54	27.65 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	160	11.16 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	55	53.8	2018
Land use - arable land	92	10.8	2018
Land use - forest	60	43.8	2018
Land use - other	182	2.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	25	42.8	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	49	1.21 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	31	387.770 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	73	1.900 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	80	150.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	80	360.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	80	1.64	2025
Urbanization - urban population	88	63.1	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	62	397302 sq km	0
Area - total	63	406752 sq km	0
Area - water	68	945061 sq km	0
Coastline	190	0 km	0
Elevation - highest point	149	842 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	28	46 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	126	178 meters	0
Irrigated land	85	1362 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	40	4655 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	55	53.8	2018
Land use - arable land	92	10.8	2018
Land use - forest	60	43.8	2018
Land use - other	182	2.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	83	0.2	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	25	42.8	2018
Military
Military expenditures	46	0.8 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	46	3.27 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	60	0.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	63	1.59 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	73	5.47 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	60	0.59 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	98	16.15 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	96	1.3 %	2016
Contraceptive prevalence rate	30	68.4 %	2016
Current health expenditure	44	7.6 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	64	59.4 %	2023
Death rate	174	4.9 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	108	9.6 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	67	10.4 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	92	54.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	76	44.8 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	109	0 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	102	0 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	64	0 % of population	0
Education expenditures	53	3.3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	77	0.92 %	2023
Hospital bed density	63	0.8 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	77	18.2 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	67	26.78 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	71	22.6 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	64	81.38 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	62	75.97 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	60	78.61 years	0
Literacy - female	42	94.2 %	2020
Literacy - male	34	94.9 %	0
Literacy - total population	42	94.5 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	77	71 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	99	29.9 years	2020
Median age - male	89	29.5 years	0
Median age - total	91	29.7 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	55	22.9	2008
Net migration rate	83	0.07 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	78	20.3 %	2016
Physicians density	107	1.05 physicians/1,000 population	2020
Population	105	7.440 million	2023
Population growth rate	70	1.12 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	5	99.6 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	88	9.4 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	95	3.8 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	90	0.4 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	12	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	22	1.01 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	22	0.91 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	19	1 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	78	4.4 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	103	18.6 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	97	11.5 %	2020
Total fertility rate	97	1.88 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	80	1.64	2025
Urbanization - urban population	88	63.1	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	72	21.9	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	103	12.7	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	84	16.3	0
Transportation
Airports	9	799	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	8	7.841 million	3280
Heliports	26	N/A	2023
Merchant marine - total	85	105	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	105	1.970 million	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	113	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	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	79	8573 km	2020
Roadways - total	56	78811 km	2020
Waterways	35	3100 km	2012

*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.

NOTE: The information regarding Paraguay on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Paraguay 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Paraguay 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.