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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Country Economic Data


 

PARAGUAY: SELECTED ECONOMIC DATA

 

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POPULATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands

3504

3609

3723

3841

3963

4089

4219

4334

4453

4575

4700

4829

Growth Rate (%)

3.0

3.0

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.2

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

2.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NATIONAL ACCOUNTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GDP, Curr. prices (m.guaraníes)

1070

1394

1834

2494

3319

4608

6474

8281

9671

11992

14960

17494

GDP, 1982 prices (m.guaraníes)

737

766

766

799

850

900

927

950

967

1007

1039

1083

Real GDP Growth Rate (%)

3.1

4.0

0.0

4.3

6.4

5.8

3.1

2.5

1.8

4.1

3.1

4.2

Real Per Cap. GDP (1982 guar.)

210.3

212.2

205.7

208.0

214.5

220.0

219.7

219.2

217.2

220.1

221.1

224.3

Real Per Cap. GDP Growth (%)

0.1

0.9

-3.1

1.1

3.1

2.6

-0.2

-0.2

-0.9

1.3

0.5

1.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment/GDP (%)

22.9

22.0

25.0

25.1

24.2

23.8

22.9

24.8

22.9

22.9

23.4

23.2

Private

17.5

15.8

18.2

18.0

17.6

18.9

19.3

20.6

18.1

16.8

20.3

 

Public

5.4

6.2

6.8

7.1

6.6

4.9

3.6

4.2

4.8

6.1

3.1

 

Total Savings/GDP (%)

16.5

16.8

18.4

13.8

21.6

29.5

18.9

18.2

12.6

12.4

14.6

 

Private

16.3

16.6

18.3

13.3

21.3

27.8

16.6

17.4

12.0

11.5

12.6

 

Public

0.2

0.2

0.1

0.5

0.3

1.7

2.3

0.8

0.6

0.9

2.0

 

Foreign Savings/GDP (%)

6.4

5.2

6.6

11.3

2.6

-5.7

4.0

6.6

10.3

10.5

8.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRICES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GDP Price Deflator (1982=100)

145.3

181.9

239.3

311.9

390.4

512.3

698.2

871.5

999.8

1190.4

1440.5

1616.0

Anual Change (%)

26.9

25.2

31.5

30.3

25.1

31.2

36.3

24.8

14.7

19.1

21.0

12.2

Consumer Prices (1992=100)

16.2

20.3

26.8

32.7

40.2

50.6

69.9

86.8

100.0

118.2

142.5

161.4

Anual Change (%)

20.3

25.2

31.7

21.9

23.0

26.0

38.2

24.2

15.2

18.2

20.6

13.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (m. $US)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Account Balance

-318

-251

-365

-490

-210

256

-170

-332

-625

-811

-1198

-1197

Exports [a]

361

466

576

597

871

1180

1366

1110

1054

1500

1780

1996

Imports [a]

649

659

864

919

1030

1016

1636

1868

1925

2711

3498

3667

Trade Balance

-288

-193

-288

-322

-159

164

-270

-758

-871

-1211

-1718

-1671

Services, net

-39

-66

-88

-195

-86

68

44

354

174

300

488

432

Transfers (public & private)

9

8

11

27

35

24

56

72

72

100

32

42

Capital Account Balance

286

81

181

189

-157

-20

62

151

-213

180

401

411

Non-financial Sector

259

29

225

182

-153

0

103

56

-193

203

329

 

Private

35

-47

108

142

-100

62

119

99

134

153

167

 

Public

224

76

117

40

-53

-62

-16

-42

-327

50

162

 

Financial Sector

27

52

-44

7

-4

-20

-41

96

-20

-23

72

 

Errors and Omissions

18

74

44

338

198

-91

327

481

491

717

1125

834

Overall Bal.= Chg. in Reserves

-14

-96

-140

37

-169

145

219

300

-347

86

328

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXTERNAL PUBLIC DEBT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt Outstdg., 12/31 ($ m.)

1515

1722

1845

2068

2048

2076

1670

1637

1249

1218

1240

1328

Debt Outstdg./GDP (%)

33.5

57.5

58.8

67.5

59.5

58.0

32.6

26.7

19.3

18.5

15.9

15.0

Debt Service/Exports (%)

18.0

24.0

29.0

28.0

27.0

10.0

20.3

19.7

59.7

15.5

12.5

11.5

 

[a] Includes entrepot trade.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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