Food expenditure per person per year in Paraguay

Paraguay: Food expenditure per person per year was 1,218 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1,218
Change on year
down 0.1%
World rank
67th
of 104 countries
All-time high
1,219
in 2022
All-time low
901.07
in 2020
Years of data
7
2017–2023

Food expenditure per person per year in Paraguay, 2017–2023

02505007501.0k1.2k2017202020232017: 1.2k2018: 1.2k2019: 938.82020: 901.12021: 1.1k2022: 1.2k2023: 1.2k

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2023, food expenditure per person per year in Paraguay stood at 1,218.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.

Paraguay ranks 67th of 104 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Food expenditure per person per year in Paraguay, year by year

Annual values for Food expenditure per person per year in Paraguay, 2017 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2017 1,176 —
2018 1,208 +2.7%
2019 938.79 -22.3%
2020 901.07 -4.0%
2021 1,124 +24.7%
2022 1,219 +8.4%
2023 1,218 -0.1%

Paraguay compared with similar countries

  • Paraguay's 1,218 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,219, 100% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
  • Paraguay's 1,218 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,387, 88% of the median. (17 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 1,108 938.79 1,208 3
2020s 1,115 901.07 1,219 4

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 64 Belarus 1,314 compare
  2. 65 Ukraine 1,266 compare
  3. 66 El Salvador 1,219 compare
  4. 68 Ecuador 1,111 compare
  5. 69 Thailand 1,108 compare
  6. 70 Colombia 1,087 compare

See the full ranking of 104 places →

More reference data data for Paraguay

All data for Paraguay →

Frequently asked questions

What is food expenditure per person per year in Paraguay?
Food expenditure per person per year in Paraguay was 1,218 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest food expenditure per person per year recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 1,219 in 2022.
What is the lowest food expenditure per person per year recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 901.07 in 2020.
How does Paraguay rank for food expenditure per person per year?
Paraguay ranks 67th out of 104 countries with data for 2023.
Is food expenditure per person per year rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Food expenditure per person per year. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 7 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Food expenditure per person per year in Paraguay. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 15 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/food-expenditure-per-person-per-year/paraguay/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/food-expenditure-per-person-per-year/paraguay/">Food expenditure per person per year in Paraguay</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Food expenditure per person per year
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
104 places, 727 data points, 2017–2023
Last refreshed