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Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -extreme poor in Paraguay

Paraguay: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -extreme poor was 0.6% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.6%
Change on year
down 93.6%
World rank
32nd
of 32 countries
All-time high
8.9%
in 2021
All-time low
0.6%
in 2022
Years of data
16
2007–2022

Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -extreme poor in Paraguay, 2007–2022

024682007201420222007: 2.5 <$2.15 a day2008: 7.2 <$2.15 a day2009: 5.7 <$2.15 a day2010: 5 <$2.15 a day2011: 5.1 <$2.15 a day2012: 1.1 <$2.15 a day2013: 6.2 <$2.15 a day2014: 3.1 <$2.15 a day2015: 8.8 <$2.15 a day2016: 3 <$2.15 a day2017: 6.4 <$2.15 a day2018: 7.6 <$2.15 a day2019: 7.6 <$2.15 a day2020: 7.3 <$2.15 a day2021: 8.9 <$2.15 a day2022: 0.567 <$2.15 a day

Source: ASPIRE. Measured in <$2.15 a day.

Analysis

In 2022, poverty gap reduction (%) - contributory pensions -extreme poor in Paraguay stood at 0.6%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.

That represents a change of down 93.6% on the previous year and down 47.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - contributory pensions -extreme poor in Paraguay peaked at 8.9% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2022.

Paraguay ranks 32nd of 32 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 5.1% 2.5% 7.2% 3
2010s 5.4% 1.1% 8.8% 10
2020s 5.6% 0.6% 8.9% 3

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Frequently asked questions

What is poverty gap reduction (%) - contributory pensions -extreme poor in Paraguay?
Poverty gap reduction (%) - contributory pensions -extreme poor in Paraguay was 0.6% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - contributory pensions -extreme poor recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 8.9% in 2021.
What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - contributory pensions -extreme poor recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2022.
How does Paraguay rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - contributory pensions -extreme poor?
Paraguay ranks 32nd out of 32 countries with data for 2022.
Is poverty gap reduction (%) - contributory pensions -extreme poor rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Contributory Pensions -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day)
Unit
<$2.15 a day
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
33 places, 341 data points, 2002–2023
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Poverty gap reduction due to Contributory Pensions programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap