Country profile · PRY
Paraguay
Region · Latin America & Caribbean Population · 6.8M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 1.5%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 71 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 2.42
- Expected years of schooling
- 14.0 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 48%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 13% / 4%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.45
- Urban population
- 69%
- Employment in agriculture
- 17%
- Internet use
- 78%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 0.47%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 7.9 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 36%
- Women married before age 18
- 22%
- Life satisfaction (out of 10)
- 5.98
Religion
- Christianity96%
- No religion3%
- Other religions1%
Major cities
- Asunción
Common hazards
- Drought
Common migration destinations
- Argentina