Paraguay
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Key facts
- Currency: Paraguayan guarani
- Capital city: Asunción
- Region: South America
- Continent: Americas
- Land area: 397,300 km²
- Population: 6,780,744
- Political Leader: Mario Abdo Benítez (President)
Latest news (see all)
Martin Almada, activist who exposed Paraguay's 'archive of terror,' dies at 87
Read: The Washington Post
2024-04-05
Russia's soccer friendly against Paraguay put off indefinitely due to Moscow terrorist attack
Read: The Star
2024-03-24
Russia's soccer friendly against Paraguay put off indefinitely due to Moscow terrorist attack
Read: Independent
2024-03-24
Soccer match between Russia and Paraguay canceled in aftermath of Moscow-area concert hall attack
Read: Fox News
2024-03-23
Taiwan agrees to allow duty-free imports of Paraguayan pork in setback for mainland China
Read: SCMP
2024-03-22
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General information
Business
| Expense | 16.74 % of GDP |
| GDP | 41,722,300,000.00 current US$ |
| Inflation | 9.77 annual % |
| Self-employed | 42.21 % of total employment |
| Tax revenue | 9.79 % of GDP |
| Unemployment | 5.63 % of total labor force |
| Vulnerable employment | 37.33 % of total employment |
Environment
| Agricultural land | 168,091.00 km² |
| Alternative and nuclear energy | 16.30 % of total energy use |
| Carbon Dioxide Emissions (CO2) | 7,575.70 kt |
| Electricity production from coal sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from natural gas sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from hydroelectric sources | 100.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from nuclear sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from oil sources | 0.00 % of total |
| Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric | 0.00 % of total |
| Net energy imports | -36.94 % of energy use |
| Fertility rate | 2.47 births per woman |
| Forest area | 158,229 km² |
| Fossil fuel energy consumption | 33.70 % of total |
| Other greenhouse gas emissions, HFC, PFC and SF6 | 2,541.53 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Median age | 21.90 years |
| Methane emissions | 30,106.50 kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Nitrous oxide emissions | 11,255.80 thousand metric tons of CO2 equivalent |
| Female Population | 3,378,612 |
| Male Population | 3,402,132 |
| Renewable energy consumption | 61.44 % of total final energy consumption |
| Rural land area | 396,431.00 km² |
| Rural population | 2,521,216 |
| Urban land area | 1,320.83 km² |
| Urban population | 4,259,528 |
| Urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters | 0.00 % of total population |
Health
| Birth rate | 20.63 per 1,000 people |
| Death rate | 7.64 per 1,000 people |
| Health expenditure per capita | 405.62 current US$ |
| Health expenditure | 7.58 % of GDP |
| Incidence of HIV | 0.13 per 1,000 uninfected population |
| Hospital beds | 0.83 per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy at birth | 70 years |
| Suicide mortality rate | 6.00 per 100,000 population |
Other
| Access to electricity | 100.00 % of population |
| Individuals using the Internet | 76.26 % of population |
| Net migration | -12,499 |
| Press freedom | 2.41 |
Politics
| Armed forces personnel | 29,000 |
| Democracy score | 6.24 |
| Democracy type | Flawed democracy |
| Military expenditure | 0.83 % of GDP |
| Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments | 17.50 % |
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Source
SIPRI, World Bank, Reporters Without Borders
Updated: 1 day ago
