Paraguay MPI
MPI originally introduced: 2021
Latest MPI results: Paraguay MPI 2023
The 2023 release of the Paraguay MPI (or IPM) tracks poverty between 2016-2022.
- Visit webpage: 2023 Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Indice de Pobreza Multidimensional (IPM) (ine.gov.py)
Previous results
In 2021, the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Paraguay launched an official national Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) to help guide its poverty reduction policies. Their first release in 2021 was based on data from the fourth quarter of each year from 2017 to 2020 to scrutinize poverty levels and trends. INE updates the MPI annually.
- Visit webpage for 2021: Indice de Pobreza Multidimensional (IPM) Paraguay (ine.gov.py)
- Visit webpage for 2022: Indice de Pobreza Multidimensional (IPM) (ine.gov.py)
Paraguay MPI structure: dimensions and indicators
Poverty Cut-Off: A person is considered poor if they are deprived in 26% or more of the 15 weighted indicators.
Global MPI
The annual global MPI produced by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative in partnership with the Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme is an internationally comparable index of acute multidimensional poverty. OPHI publishes Country Briefings summarising poverty statistics of the global MPI for each country.
Visit the most recent Global MPI Country Briefing for Paraguay based on MICS year 2016.
More info
Official institution responsible for statistics
- National Statistics Institute (INE) / Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE)
- Indice de Pobreza Multidimensional (IPM) Paraguay (ine.gov.py)
Events
- 5 March 2020 | Intervention by Iván Mauricio Ojeda Aguilera, Director General, Directorate General of Statistics, Surveys and Census (DGEEC) at UNSC 51 Side Event
- 25 February 2021 | Intervention by Iván Mauricio Ojeda, National Director, National Institute for Statistics (INE) at UNSC 52 Side Event
- 28 February 2023 | Intervention by Iván Mauricio Ojeda, National Director, National Institute for Statistics (INE), Paraguay at Side Event UN Statistical Commission 54
Dimensions articles
- June 2021 | Paraguay launches a national MPI to leave no one behind | MPPN
- February 2022 | “The MPI is a great contribution to transparency in public management“ | MPPN
Press Releases/News
- 16 June 2021 | Paraguay launches a national MPI to leave no one behind
