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Economic indicators

	2015	2020	2024
GDP: Gross domestic product (million current US$)	36 211	35 432	41 722^b
GDP growth rate (annual %, const. 2015 prices)	3	-0.8	0.1^b
GDP per capita (current US$)	5 861.4	5 353.3	6 153.1^b
Economy: Agriculture^f,g (% of Gross Value Added)	10.2	11.5	11.8^b
Economy: Industry^f,h (% of Gross Value Added)	37.3	36.7	36.2^b
Economy: Services and other activity^f,i (% of GVA)	52.5	51.7	52^b
Employment in agriculture^j (% of employed)	21.8	21.3	17.4^b
Employment in industry^j (% of employed)	19.5	19.1	18.7^b
Employment in services^j (% employed)	58.6	59.6	63.8^b
Unemployment (% of labour force)	4.6	7.6	5.8^j
Labour force participation rate (female/male pop. %)	54.8 / 81.1	57.1 / 83.2	59.8 / 81.7^j
CPI: Consumer Price Index^k,l (2010=100)	125	146	176^e
Agricultural production index (2014-2016=100)	99	117	86^b
International trade: exports (million current US$)	8 328	8 518	11 891^e
International trade: imports (million current US$)	10 291	10 216	16 105^e
International trade: balance (million current US$)	- 1 964	- 1 698	- 4 214^e
Balance of payments, current account (million US$)	-48	669	110^e

Social indicators

	2015	2020	2024
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	77.1 / 71.0^a
Population age distributionⁿ (0-14/60+ years old, %)	30.2 / 8.2	29.1 / 9.2	28.6 / 9.9^a
International migrant stock (000/% of total pop.)	156.5 / 2.3^o	169.6 / 2.4^o	... / ...
Refugees and others of concern to UNHCR (000)	0.2	5.9	7.5^e
Under five mortality rate (per 1000 live births)	22.1	18.7	19.3^a
Health: Current expenditure^j,p,q (% of GDP)	6.7	7.7	8^r
Health: Physicians (per 1 000 pop.)	1.4^s	1.1	3.9^b
Education: Government expenditure (% of GDP)	3.3	3.9	3.4^r
Education: Primary gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	96.8 / 99.6	91.2 / 93.3	89.9 / 91.3^e
Education: Lowr. sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	86.5 / 83.3^t	88.6 / 86.4	79.0 / 82.0^e
Education: Upr. Sec. gross enrol. ratio (f/m per 100 pop.)	69.9 / 63.9	87.2 / 77.2	73.8 / 68.0^e
Intentional homicide rate (per 100 000 pop.)	10	7.3	7^b
Seats held by women in national parliaments (%)	15	16.2^u	23.8^u

Environment and infrastructure indicators

	2015	2020	2024
Individuals using the Internet^w (per 100 inhabitants)	49.7^v	74	76.3^b
Research & Development expenditure^x (% of GDP)	0.1	0.2	0.1^r
Threatened species (number)	58	67	100^e
Forested area (% of land area)	44	40.5	39.8^r
CO2 emission estimates (million tons/tons per capita)	5.8 / 0.9	7.3 / 1.1	8.0 / 1.2^r
Energy production, primary (Petajoules)	327	293	273^r
Energy supply per capita (Gigajoules)	42	44	45^r
Tourist/visitor arrivals at national borders^y,z (000)	1 215	252	579^b
Important sites for terrestrial biodiversity protected (%)	36.3	36.3	36.3^e
Pop. using safely managed drinking water (urban/rural, %)	71.4 / 46.8	72.2 / 50.7	72.2 / 50.7^b
Pop. using safely managed sanitation (urban/rural, %)	52.3 / 50.8	53.0 / 56.7	53.0 / 59.0^b
Net Official Development Assist. received (% of GNI)	0.17	0.89	0.46^r

Footnotes

a		Projected estimate (medium fertility variant).
b		2022
c		Refers to the district of Asunción and the 19 districts of Central Department.
d		2019
e		2023
f		Data classified according to ISIC Rev. 4.
g		Excludes irrigation canals and landscaping care.
h		Excludes publishing activities. Includes irrigation canals.
i		Includes publishing activities and landscape care. Excludes 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		Data based on calendar year (January 1 to December 31).
q		Data are based on SHA2011.
r		2021
s		2012
t		2013
u		Data are as at 1 January of reporting year.
v		Data revision.
w		Population aged 10 years and over.
x		Excluding business enterprise.
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.