| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $28.17 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
1.8% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $4,700 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 24.8%
industry: 23.7%
services: 51.4% (2003 est.) |
| Population Below Poverty Line : |
36% (2001 est.) |
| Household Income or Consumption by Percentage : |
lowest 10%: 0.5%
highest 10%: 43.8% (1998) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
14.2% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
2.15 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
agriculture 45% |
| Budget : |
revenues: $937.8 million
expenditures: $988.4 million, including capital expenditures of $700 million (2003 est.) |
| Industries : |
sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel, metallurgic, electric power |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
0% (2000 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
44.89 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 0%
hydro: 99.9%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0.1% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
2.637 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
39.11 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
cotton, sugarcane, soybeans, corn, wheat, tobacco, cassava (tapioca), fruits, vegetables; beef, pork, eggs, milk; timber |
| Exports : |
$2.727 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, electricity, wood, leather |
| Exports - Partners : |
Brazil 28.6%, Argentina 17.3%, Italy 5.2%, Germany 4.3%, Netherlands 4.1% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$2.77 billion f.o.b. (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery |
| Imports - Partners : |
Brazil 31.5%, US 21%, Argentina 17.7%, China 5.4%, Hong Kong 4.7%, Uruguay 4.7% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$2.96 billion (2003 est.) |
| Currency : |
guarani (PYG) |
| Currency Code : |
PYG |
| Exchange Rates : |
guarani per US dollar - 6,424.34 (2003), 5,716.26 (2002), 4,105.92 (2001), 3,486.35 (2000), 3,119.07 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
Calendar Year |
