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Paraguay has emerged from the shadows of its larger neighbors Brazil and Argentina to become the “little China” of South America. Its against-the-odds economic success story is sustained by an investment-friendly climate and strong fiscal discipline.
USD 6.6 billion (2016)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved January 2017
USD 28.6 billion (2017, estimate)
Intl$ 67.9 billion (2017, estimate)
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| 4.8% | 5.4% | 6.4% | -4% | 13.1% | 4.3% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* | ||
| 14% | 4.7% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 3.6% |
*Estimate
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2017* |
| 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 2.7% | 5.0% | 3.1% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 5.0% | 6.0% | 6.1% | 5.9% | 5.5% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| 17% | 20.2% | 24.2% | 25.5% | 25.6% |
*Estimate
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016* | 2017* |
| -1.4% | -0.7% | -1.3% | -1.1% | -1.1% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BB
Moody's: Ba1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated as of January 24th 2017)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-0.5% (2017 estimate)
42.7% (2015)
0.05% (2015)
0.02% (2015)
Soybeans, livestock feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, wood, leather
Road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts
Brazil 31.7%, Russia 9.1%, Chile 7.1%, Argentina 7% (2015)
Brazil 25.4%, China 23.7%, Argentina 14.8%, US 7.9% (2015)
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 72 million | USD 346 million | USD 283 million |
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| USD 2.3 million | USD -31.8 million | USD -7.3 million |
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.
Overall ranking: 106 out of 190 countries (2017)
Subcategories:
Starting a business: 143 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 74 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 76 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 101 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 137 out of 190 countries
Trading Across Borders: 116 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 153 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 56 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 102 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 102 out of 190 countries
117 out of 138 countries
(2016-2017)
Ranking: 83 / Score: 61.46 (Moderately free) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2016* | 2021* |
| 4.138 million | 5.284 million | 6.266 million | 6.855 million | 7.353 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2015 |
| 36% | 42% | 55% | 60% |
1.17% (2016 estimate)
Total population: 93.9%
Male: 94.8%
Female: 92.9% (2010 est.)
(age 15 and over can read and write)
2.3% (2014)
51.7 (2014)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 3
Civil Liberties: 3 (2017)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed 5.46% Mobile 105.39% (2015)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)