Indicators of economy in Paraguay
The essential economic performance of a country is reflected by the gross domestic product, the total of all goods and services sold. Worldwide gross domestic product in 2021 was at about 12,230 USD per capita. GDP in Paraguay, on the other hand, reached USD 5,891 per capita, or 39.50 billion USD for the whole country. Paraguay is therefore currently ranked 96 of the major economies. If this is calculated per inhabitant, taking purchasing power parity into account, then Paraguay ranks 97th in the list of the richest countries.Inflation in Paraguay in 2021 was around 4.79%. Within the EU, the average in the same year was 2.55 percent. In the United States, it was most recently 4.70%.
Compared with the USA, prices for daily consumer goods are around 61.4 percent lower.
The index for perceived corruption in the public sector is 30, which is rather poor by global standards.
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The consequences of the COVID pandemic were not insignificant in Paraguay 2020. Overall, gross domestic product in 2020 fell from 37.93 billion US dollars to 35.43 billion US dollars. With a drop of 6.6 percent, the economy in Paraguay suffered more significant losses than other countries. The tourism sector alone slumped by around 75 percent. The unemployment rate rose from 6.6 to 7.6 percent. The inflation rate fell from 2.8 percent previously to 1.8 percent by the end of 2020.Unemployment rates in percentages 1991 - 2021
Economic performance 2021
Paraguay Total | Paraguay per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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GDP | 39.50 bn USD | 5,891.50 USD | 17.177 tn USD | 33,384.92 USD |
Gross national product | 38.51 bn USD | 5,744.97 USD | 16.895 tn USD | 32,835.37 USD |
Development of gross domestic product in billions of USD 1970 - 2021
› Debt budget development
› Development of inflation
› Corruption in Paraguay
› Cost of living in a global comparison
› Development of inflation
› Corruption in Paraguay
› Cost of living in a global comparison
Imports and Exports 2021
Paraguay Total | Paraguay per capita | EU Total | EU per capita | |
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Imports | 13.45 bn USD | 2,006.90 USD | 8.916 tn USD | 17,329.02 USD |
Exports | 14.15 bn USD | 2,111.36 USD | 9.554 tn USD | 18,569.19 USD |
Development of imports and exports in billions of USD 1975 - 2021
Exports
Imports