Paraguay recorded its lowest poverty rate since 1998 at 16% in 2025
According to harmonised ECLAC data, no year in the 27-year series falls below 16%. The figure represents a 3.6 percentage point decrease compared to the 19.6% recorded in 2024.
Current verified finding
Paraguay recorded in 2025 its lowest poverty rate since its series began in 1998: 16%.
Evidence
Paraguay: poverty 1998–2025
The finding preserves the reviewed data even when the source publishes an update.
Snapshot technical details
Query fingerprint: sigev_ea45358a8c62d · The text, result, and records remain fixed to this review.
How we calculated it
We query series poverty_rate_pct of dataset cepal-social-anual (CEPALSTAT) for Paraguay from 1998 to 2025 in VerDat's normalised layer and check that no year in the series matches or falls below the 2025 value. We require at least 15 years of series and a gap of at least 10 years. The chart reproduces the query; the values are re-verified automatically every day.
27 rows match the query; 27 results remain in the summary.
What it means and what it does not
The series comes from ECLAC's harmonised basis rather than the country's own methodology, so it may differ from official national figures. This low describes the country's position relative to its past and does not indicate causes. Additionally, revisions to earlier years could shift the date of this record.
Every indicator is a rate, index or ratio — compare and rank, never sum. Survey years differ by country; missing years are gaps, not zeros.
Verification
Records within the query
Records preserved in the editorial snapshot, using the same filters and partition as the chart.
| Period | Value | Country | Year | Indicator | Indicator group | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | paraguay | 2025 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2024 | 19.6 | paraguay | 2024 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2023 | 22.26 | paraguay | 2023 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2022 | 25.04 | paraguay | 2022 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2021 | 26.89 | paraguay | 2021 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2020 | 26.86 | paraguay | 2020 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2019 | 23.51 | paraguay | 2019 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2018 | 24.19 | paraguay | 2018 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2017 | 26.4 | paraguay | 2017 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2016 | 28.86 | paraguay | 2016 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2015 | 26.58 | paraguay | 2015 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |
| 2014 | 27.18 | paraguay | 2014 | Población en situación de pobreza, cifras nacionales | pobreza | Not applicable (annual) |