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Paraguay — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Paraguay, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
70.25%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +1.6% since 1990
Labor participation for Paraguay was 70.25% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 72.39% in 2019. The lowest was 67.05% in 2006 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.05% per year.
Paraguay ranks 28 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 15%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Paraguay sits above it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 3% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
70.25%
First (1990)
69.12%
Change
+1.6%
Highest
72.39%
in 2019
Lowest
67.05%
in 2006
Average
69.69%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.05%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 70.25% |
| 2024 | 70.27% |
| 2023 | 70.75% |
| 2022 | 70.58% |
| 2021 | 71.92% |
| 2020 | 70.12% |
| 2019 | 72.39% |
| 2018 | 71.87% |
| 2017 | 71.04% |
| 2016 | 69.97% |
| 2015 | 67.93% |
| 2014 | 67.96% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.