Merchandise trade in Paraguay
Paraguay: Merchandise trade was 61.3% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Merchandise trade in Paraguay, 1960–2025
Source: World Trade Organization (WTO). Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 61.3% for merchandise trade in 2025.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, merchandise trade in Paraguay peaked at 64.9% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 14.4%, in 1983.
That places Paraguay 82nd out of 204 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Merchandise trade in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 22.8% | — |
| 1961 | 22.0% | -3.5% |
| 1962 | 20.2% | -8.2% |
| 1963 | 20.3% | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 21.8% | +7.3% |
| 1965 | 25.0% | +14.8% |
| 1966 | 23.2% | -7.4% |
| 1967 | 24.0% | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 23.0% | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 23.7% | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 23.4% | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 22.1% | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 21.8% | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 24.7% | +13.1% |
| 1974 | 27.4% | +10.8% |
| 1975 | 25.3% | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 23.6% | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 28.1% | +18.9% |
| 1978 | 25.0% | -10.9% |
| 1979 | 24.2% | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 20.8% | -14.0% |
| 1981 | 15.9% | -23.4% |
| 1982 | 18.5% | +16.1% |
| 1983 | 14.4% | -22.3% |
| 1984 | 20.5% | +42.4% |
| 1985 | 24.6% | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 21.8% | -11.2% |
| 1987 | 23.9% | +9.5% |
| 1988 | 25.5% | +6.7% |
| 1989 | 37.1% | +45.7% |
| 1990 | 39.8% | +7.1% |
| 1991 | 31.5% | -20.9% |
| 1992 | 29.0% | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 33.3% | +14.6% |
| 1994 | 54.2% | +62.7% |
| 1995 | 57.0% | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 55.0% | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 58.3% | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 55.9% | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 44.3% | -20.6% |
| 2000 | 50.4% | +13.6% |
| 2001 | 53.4% | +6.1% |
| 2002 | 55.6% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 62.6% | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 62.0% | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 64.0% | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 61.2% | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 59.3% | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 62.7% | +5.8% |
| 2009 | 53.8% | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 60.7% | +12.8% |
| 2011 | 59.6% | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 56.6% | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 56.1% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 54.0% | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 51.5% | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 50.6% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 52.7% | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 55.6% | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 54.1% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 52.9% | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 60.4% | +14.2% |
| 2022 | 61.7% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 64.9% | +5.2% |
| 2024 | 62.8% | -3.2% |
| 2025 | 61.3% | -2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.6% | 20.2% | 25.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 24.6% | 21.8% | 28.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 22.3% | 14.4% | 37.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.8% | 29.0% | 58.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 58.5% | 50.4% | 64.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.1% | 50.6% | 60.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 60.7% | 52.9% | 64.9% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 79 Papua New Guinea 62.0% compare
- 80 Montenegro 61.8% compare
- 81 Denmark 61.5% compare
- 83 Sweden 61.2% compare
- 84 Tajikistan 61.1% compare
- 85 Senegal 60.0% compare
More private sector data for Paraguay
- 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$), annual growth rate 1.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Merchandise imports (current US$), per capita 2,728 current US$ per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is merchandise trade in Paraguay?
- Merchandise trade in Paraguay was 61.3% in 2025, according to World Trade Organization (WTO).
- What is the highest merchandise trade recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 64.9% in 2023.
- What is the lowest merchandise trade recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.4% in 1983.
- How does Paraguay rank for merchandise trade?
- Paraguay ranks 82nd out of 204 countries with data for 2025.
- Is merchandise trade rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from World Trade Organization (WTO), published as part of Merchandise trade (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
General merchandise trade includes goods whose economic ownership is changed between a resident and a non-resident and that are not included in the following specific categories: goods under merchanting, non-monetary gold, and parts of travel, construction, and government goods and services n.i.e. It is the total of merchandise exports plus merchandise imports. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.