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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2025
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	36 211	35 432	42 955^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3	-0.8	4.7^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 879.0	5 365.0	6 276.0^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	10.2	11.5	12.2^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	37.3	36.7	35^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	52.5	51.7	52.8^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	22.1	21.3	17.2^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	19.1	19.1	18^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	58.8	59.6	64.8^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	4.6	7.5	6^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	54.8 / 81.0	57.1 / 83.2	59.1 / 82.6^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k,l (2010=100)	125	146	183^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	117	106^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	8 328	8 518	10 914^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	10 291	10 216	16 793^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 964	- 1 698	- 5 878^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-76	673	- 1 666^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Population growth rate (average annual %)	1.5	1.4	1.2^a
Urban population (% of total population)	60.8	61.9^d	...
Urban population growth rate (average annual %)	1.8^m	...	...
Fertility rate, total (live births per woman)	2.6	2.5	2.4^a
Life expectancy at birth (females/males, years)	76.5 / 70.6	76.1 / 69.7	77.2 / 71.1^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	30.2 / 8.2	29.1 / 9.2	28.4 / 10.2^a
International migrant stock^o (000/% of total pop.)	156.5 / 2.5	169.6 / 2.6	180.8 / 2.6^e
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.2	5.9	7.7^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	22.1	18.7	18.9^a
Health: Current expenditure^j,p,q (% of GDP)	6.7	7.7	7.7^r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.4^s	1.3	3.9^r
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	99.5 / 102.6	91.6 / 93.7	91.5 / 92.3^b
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	87.0 / 83.9^t	91.2 / 89.1	83.9 / 83.0^b
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	70.1 / 64.1	89.8 / 79.7	82.9 / 75.5^b
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	10	7.3	6.8^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	15	16.2^u	23.8^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2025
Individuals using the Internet^v (per 100 inhabitants)	49.7	74	78.1^b
Research & Development expenditure^w (% of GDP)	0.1	0.2	0.1^x
Threatened species (number)	58	67	109^e
Forested area (% of land area)	44	40.5	39.3^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	5.8 / 0.9	7.3 / 1.1	7.3 / 1.1^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	327	293	283^r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	42	44	44^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^y,z (000)	1 215	252	579^r
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	35.5	35.5	35.5^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	71.4 / 46.8	72.2 / 50.7	72.2 / 50.7^r
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	52.3 / 50.8	53.0 / 56.7	53.0 / 59.0^r
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.17	0.89	0.54^b

Footnotes

a		Projected est. (medium fertility variant).
b		2023
c		Refers to the district of Asunción and the 19 districts of Central Department.
d		2019
e		2024
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Exc. irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Exc. publishing activities. Inc. irrigation canals.
i		Inc. publishing activities and landscape care. Exc. repair of personal and household goods.
j		Estimate.
k		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division from national indices.
l		For Greater Asuncion only.
m		Data refers to a 5-year period preceding the reference year.
n		Calculated by the UN Statistics Division.
o		Including refugees.
p		Based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
q		Data are based on SHA2011.
r		2022
s		2012
t		2013
u		Data at 1 January of the reporting year.
v		Population aged 10 years and over.
w		Excluding business enterprise.
x		2021
y		E/D cards in the "Silvio Petirossi" airport and passenger counts at the national border crossings - National Police and SENATUR.
z		Excluding nationals residing abroad and crew members.