Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay
Paraguay: Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.6701 in 2020. ▼ Falling
Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay, 2005–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
The most recent figure for social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay is 0.6701, measured in 2020.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.5% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay peaked at 0.7468 in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.389, in 2016.
Paraguay ranks 22nd of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.7468 | — |
| 2006 | 0.7432 | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 0.7284 | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.7039 | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7042 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.6725 | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6542 | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6552 | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.6316 | -3.6% |
| 2014 | 0.5991 | -5.2% |
| 2015 | 0.5905 | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.389 | -34.1% |
| 2017 | 0.5814 | +49.4% |
| 2018 | 0.5857 | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.5902 | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 0.6701 | +13.5% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.6701 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4098, 1.6× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.6701 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.4561, 1.5× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +49.4% | 0.389 | 0.5814 |
| 2016 | -34.1% | 0.5905 | 0.389 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7253 | 0.7039 | 0.7468 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.5949 | 0.389 | 0.6725 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6701 | 0.6701 | 0.6701 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More public sector data for Paraguay
- Arms imports 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 0.748 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0001 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2021)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2013)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 5.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2021)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 59.74 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0093 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 4.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 413.97 million current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 12.58 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay?
- Social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Paraguay was 0.6701 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7468 in 2005.
- What is the lowest social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.389 in 2016.
- How does Paraguay rank for social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Paraguay ranks 22nd out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
- Is social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.