Foreign reserves
$9.57Bcurrent US$
#83 of 1772024
10% of world average
SERIAL · 600South America
Paraguay
CapitalAsunción
CurrencyPYG · Paraguayan guaraní
LanguageSpanish, Guarani
Since1811
ISOPRY · PY
Population
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Watermark portrait: Alfredo Stroessner
— THE COUNTRY —
Country in South America
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country located in the central region of South America. It borders Bolivia to the northwest and north, Brazil to the northeast and east, and Argentina to the southeast, south, and west. Paraguay has access to the Atlantic Ocean via the Paraná–Paraguay Waterway, a system of navigable channels shared by five countries. The country is governed as a unitary presidential republic composed of a capital district and seventeen departments. Its capital and largest city is Asunción. It dates its independence from Spain to 1811.
Text: Wikipedia — ParaguayCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-08-02
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Asunción
- Currency
- Paraguayan guaraní (PYG)
- Official language
- Spanish, Guarani
- Drives on the
- Right
- Calling code
- +595
- Licence plate code
- PY
- Top-level domain
- .py
- Independence / founding
- 1811
- Highest point
- Cerro Tres Kandú (842 m)
- Lowest point
- Paraguay River
- Anthem
- national anthem of Paraguay
— LAND —
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— PEOPLE —
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— MONEY —
External debt
$29.96Bcurrent US$
#81 of 1212024
39% of world average
Income inequality (Gini)
44.20-100
#132 of 1472024
124% of world average
People below the poverty line
2.1%% of population
#74 of 1472024
16% of world average
Income share held by richest 10%
35.0%%
#136 of 1472024
126% of world average
Income share held by poorest 10%
2.0%%
#122 of 1472024
72% of world average
Stock market value
3.5%% of GDP
not enough data to rank1999
5% of world average
Money sent home by workers abroad
$1.53Bcurrent US$
#77 of 1862025
30% of world average
Foreign aid received
0.5%% of GNI
#102 of 1372023
9% of world average
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Exchange rate
7,545local currency per US$
#9 of 2112025
520% of world average
Agriculture's share of the economy
11.6%% of GDP
#65 of 1992025
117% of world average
Industry's share of the economy
32.3%% of GDP
#45 of 2022025
132% of world average
Manufacturing's share of the economy
19.4%% of GDP
#22 of 1952025
177% of world average
Services' share of the economy
48.1%% of GDP
#156 of 2022025
83% of world average
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— TRADE —
Exports
37.2%% of GDP
#91 of 1872025
86% of world average
Imports
39.3%% of GDP
#109 of 1872025
79% of world average
Trade balance
-2.1%% of GDP
#92 of 1872025
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Total trade (openness)
61.3%% of GDP
#83 of 2052025
95% of world average
Goods exported
$11.08Bcurrent US$
#100 of 2072025
9% of world average
Goods imported
$19.13Bcurrent US$
#88 of 2072025
15% of world average
Services exported
$3.72Bcurrent US$
#105 of 1912025
8% of world average
Services imported
$2.75Bcurrent US$
#112 of 1912025
6% of world average
Goods and services exported
$19.15Bcurrent US$
#92 of 1912025
11% of world average
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Goods and services imported
$20.24Bcurrent US$
#96 of 1912025
12% of world average
High-tech share of exports
10.5%% of manufactured exports
#63 of 1792024
87% of world average
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— HEALTH —
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— LEARNING —
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— WORK —
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— CONNECTED —
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— NATURE —
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— STATE —
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— TRADE PARTNERS —
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— TRADE —
Exports toas of 2025
- Brazil$3.43B
- Argentina$3.28B
- Chile$983.2M
- United States$593.4M
- Other$342.8M
- Israel$254.3M
- Uruguay$195.4M
- Russia$165.5M
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- Kingdom of the Netherlands$143.4M
- India$128.6M
- Bolivia$120.4M
- Peru$105.5M
- Canada$79.6M
- Vietnam$70.2M
- United Kingdom$61.0M
Imports fromas of 2025
- People's Republic of China$6.66B
- Brazil$4.38B
- United States$1.19B
- Argentina$1.18B
- Singapore$422.5M
- Germany$414.6M
- India$400.9M
- Japan$367.2M
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- United Arab Emirates$329.6M
- South Korea$275.0M
- Switzerland$236.6M
- Vietnam$224.8M
- Thailand$220.6M
- Spain$200.4M
- Indonesia$181.9M
Trade balance, 2025-$8.05B
— EXTRAS —
Anthem
national anthem of ParaguayAudio: Wikimedia Commons
Capital time
--:--:--Asunción · approx. UTC-4
Landmarks
Q157603Image: Wikimedia Commons 
Jesuit Missions of La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná and Jesús de TavarangüéImage: Wikimedia Commons
People
Alfredo Stroessnermilitary dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989
Horacio Cartes49th President of Paraguay
Fernando Lugo47.° President of Paraguay
José Luis ChilavertParaguayan association football player
Roque Santa CruzParaguayan footballer
Augusto Roa BastosParaguayan writer (1917–2005)
Francisco Solano López2nd president of Paraguay (1826-1870)
Francisco ArceParaguayan association football player and manager
Federico Franco49th President of Paraguay
Nelson ValdezParaguayan footballer
Santiago SalcedoParaguayan association football player
Richart BáezParaguayan association football player
History
1811Paraguay founded as a sovereign state
24 Oct 1945Joined the United Nations
Size, side by side
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1960 → now
2026
Population7.0M2025
GDP$49.28B2025
GDP per person$7,0272025