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José Cantero, president of the Central Bank of Paraguay sits down with Global Finance to discuss how the current state of the world is affecting Paraguay’s economy.
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
4.9% | 3.1% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 3.7% |
*Estimate
(2016 estimate)
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
3.1% | 4.1% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 3.5% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
5.4% | 6.0% | 5.2% | 5.6% | 6.1% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
18.6% | 19.4% | 19.8% | 21.5% | 23.7% |
*Estimate
2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* |
-1.8% | -0.4% | -0.9% | -1.3% | -0.8% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: BB
Moody's: Ba1
Standard & Poor's / Moody's (Updated as of January 24th 2017)
0.5 % (2018 estimate)
35.7% (2018)
0.05% (2018)
0.02% (2018)
Soybeans, livestock feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, wood, leather, gold
Road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts
Brazil 31.9%, Argentina 15.9%, Chile 6.9%, Russia 5.9% (2017)
China 31.3%, Brazil 23.4%, Argentina 12.9%, US 7.4% (2017)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
USD 371 million | USD 456 million | USD 454 million |
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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: 125 out of 190 countries (2019
Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 160 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 75 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 109 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 80 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 132 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 143 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 126 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 128 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 72 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 105 out of 190 countries
World Bank - Doing Business 2019
97 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 85 / Score: 61.8 (Moderately free) (2016)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Spanish (official) and Guarani (official) 46.3%, only Guarani 34%, only Spanish 15.2%, other (includes Portuguese, German, other indigenous languages) 4.1% , no response .4% (2012 est.)
Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1% (2002 census)
1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015 | 2020* |
4.14 million | 5.28 million | 6.27 million | 6.76 million | 7.25 million |
*Estimate
1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
35.6% | 41.7% | 55.3% | 61.6% |
1.17% (2018 estimate)
Total population: 94.7%
Male: 95.5%
Female: 93.8%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2016 est.)
5.6% (last available estimate, 2017)
48.8 (last available estimate, 2017)
(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)
Political Rights: 3
Civil Liberties: 3 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 4.4% Mobile: 107% (2018) (fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)