Last updated: 12/11/2021 Paraguay Region: Latin America & CaribbeanCapital: AsuncionCurrency: PYG Social Protection and Economic Data Income Category: Upper middle income Data from World Bank (2021) Population growth (%): 1.24% Data from World Bank (2020) Human Development Index (HDI): 0.73 Data from Human Development Report (2019) Poverty headcount ratio at $1.90 a day (2011 PPP): 0.90% Data from World Bank (2020) Age dependency ratio (%): 55.53% Data from World Bank (2021) Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines (% of pop.): 26.90% Data from World Bank (2020) Population: 7 132 530 Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP): 35.3 bi Data from World Bank (2020) Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita: 4 949.75 Data from World Bank (2020) Resources on socialprotection.org Legal and Policy Frameworks Legal instrument 1 Policy document 3 Programmes Social assistance 4 Social insurance 0 Labour market 2 Other Content publications 59 databases 47 webinars 4 blog posts 6 multimedia 6 news 16 Social Protection Programmes Tenonderã Paraguay - Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, MDS (Ministry of Social Development), Paraguay - Government Profile Ñamba`apo Paraguay Paraguay - Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social, MTESS (Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security) Tekoporâ Paraguay - Ministerio de Desarrollo Social, MDS (Ministry of Social Development), Inter-American Development Bank, IDB, World Bank Group, Taiwan - Government Profile Abrazo (Programme to progressively decrease child work in the streets) Paraguay - Secretaría de la Niñez y Adolescencia, SNNA Food Pensions for Elderly in a Situation of Poverty Paraguay - Ministerio de Hacienda, MH (Ministry of Finance) Legal and Policy Frameworks Nota Sectorial de Protección Social - Paraguay 2017 Paraguay, America Paraguay: Resolución n. 638/2017 2017 America, Paraguay Estrategia Nacional de Lucha contra la Pobreza 2006 America, Paraguay Protección Social en Paraguay. La Oportunidad de Implementar un Sistema de Protección Social 2018 Paraguay, America
