Development & Industry
Population: 6,683,000
GNI PPP Per Capita (US$): $4,430 Women as % of Nonfarm Wage Earners: 39% Women as % of Parliament: 13% CO2 Emissions Per Capita (metric tons): 0.6 Death Due to Non-Communicable Diseases: 69% Births Attended by Skill Health Personnel (%): 82% Democracy: CPIA Gender Equality Rating: No data Economy Big Mac Index: $1.44 Cash Surplus/Deficit (% of GDP): 1.08 % Human Development Index: 0.755 Technology Index: 2.94 Education Average Years of School for Adults: 6.2 Education Spending (as % of GDP): 4.4% Pupil-Teacher Ratio (elementary): 27.84 Teachers as % of Labor Force: 3.5% Health Expenditure Per Capita: 88.4 $ Hospital Beds Per 1000: 1.2 per 1,000 people Physicians Per 1000: 1.11 per 1,000 people Media Televisions (total number): 990,000 Per Capita Televisions: 102.632 per 1,000 people Economy
% of GDP as Industry: 19.4% Total Labor Force: 3.137 million % of Labor Force in Industry: 18.5% Unemployment Rate: 6.9% Public Debt % of GDP: 14.7% Inflation Rate: 4.6% Industries:sugar, cement, textiles, beverages, wood products, steel, metallurgic, electric power Value of Exports: $4.7 billion Export Commodities: soybeans, feed, cotton, meat, edible oils, wood, leather Export Partners and %: Uruguay 15%, Brazil 11.4%, Argentina 10.2%, Chile 8.3%, Russia 6.6%, Netherlands 5.4%, Germany 4.3% Value of Imports: $9.7 billion Import Commodities: road vehicles, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum products, electrical machinery, tractors, chemicals, vehicle parts Import Partners and %: Brazil 27.5%, China 16.9%, US 15%, Argentina 14.8%, Chile 4.4% Currency Exchange Rate to $1.00: 4,449.6 PYG Electricity Production: 54.41 billion kWh Consumption: 6.237 billion kWh From Fossil Fuels: 0.1% of total installed capacity From Nuclear Fuels: 0% of total installed capacity From Hydroelectric Plants: 99.9% of total installed capacity From Renewable Sources: 0% of total installed capacity Refined Oil Production: 0 bbl/day Refined Oil Consumption: 26,820 bbl/day Natural Gas Production: 0 cu m Natural Gas Consumption: 0 cu m Communication # of Land/Main Line Telephones: 372,400 # of Cellular/Mobile Telephones: 6.529 million # of Internet Hosts: 280,658 # of Internet Users: 1.105 million Transportation # of Airports (total): 800 # of Airports with Paved Runways: 15 # of km of Roadways (total): 29,500 km # of km of Roadways Paved: 14,986 km # km of Waterways: 3,100 km Location of Main Ports & Terminals: Asuncion, Villeta, San Antonio, Encarnacion |