Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Paraguay
Paraguay: Proportion of total government spending on essential services was 11.7% in 2025. ▬ Flat
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Paraguay, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 11.7% for proportion of total government spending on essential services in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 30.8% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, proportion of total government spending on essential services in Paraguay peaked at 24.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11.7%, in 2025.
That places Paraguay 102nd out of 170 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 21.6% | — |
| 2001 | 19.9% | -7.8% |
| 2002 | 18.8% | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 20.9% | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 18.2% | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 19.4% | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 18.8% | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 23.3% | +24.2% |
| 2012 | 19.6% | -15.7% |
| 2016 | 18.2% | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 24.5% | +35.1% |
| 2021 | 23.6% | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 24.1% | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 22.0% | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 16.8% | -23.4% |
| 2025 | 11.7% | -30.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.8% | 18.2% | 21.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 20.0% | 18.2% | 23.3% | 4 |
| 2020s | 20.5% | 11.7% | 24.5% | 6 |
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More education data for Paraguay
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2022)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2022)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 34,694 (2012)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is proportion of total government spending on essential services in Paraguay?
- Proportion of total government spending on essential services in Paraguay was 11.7% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 24.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest proportion of total government spending on essential services recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.7% in 2025.
- How does Paraguay rank for proportion of total government spending on essential services?
- Paraguay ranks 102nd out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is proportion of total government spending on essential services rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Proportion of total government spending on essential services, education [UIS methodology] (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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