Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Paraguay
Paraguay: Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) was 98.6% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Paraguay, 2009–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
In 2019, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Paraguay stood at 98.6%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Paraguay peaked at 98.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 96.3%, in 2009.
Paraguay ranks 61st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 96.3% | — |
| 2010 | 96.5% | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 97.2% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 97.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 97.5% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 98.0% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 98.1% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98.1% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 98.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 98.0% | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 98.6% | +0.7% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 98.6% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 96.6%, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 98.6% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 97.4%, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 96.3% | 96.3% | 96.3% | 1 |
| 2010s | 97.7% | 96.5% | 98.6% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More private sector data for Paraguay
- Merchandise trade 61.3% (2025)
- Food imports 7.8% (2025)
- Manufactures imports 79.2% (2025)
- Merchandise imports 19.13 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 69.1% (2025)
- Manufactures exports 16.3% (2025)
- Merchandise exports 11.08 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,580 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.2249 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Paraguay?
- Getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) in Paraguay was 98.6% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 98.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 96.3% in 2009.
- How does Paraguay rank for getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita)?
- Paraguay ranks 61st out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is getting electricity: cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Getting electricity: Cost to get electricity (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for cost benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.