Paraguay Inflation Rate

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

4.4

Units In

4.3

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 02, 2025

Time to Release

27 Days 15 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
13.4 Jun 2008	0.5 Jun 2020	5.19 %	2005-2025	Banco Central del Paraguay

In Paraguay, the main components of the consumer price index are: Food (32 percent of the total weight); Transports (14.8 percent) and Shelter, Household Maintenance and Services (8.9 percent). Furniture and Household Equipment account for 7.7 percent; Miscellaneous Goods and Services for 7.3 percent and Leisure and Culture for 6.1 percent. Others include: Restaurants and Hotels (5.5 percent); Clothing (4.9 percent); Health Care (4.1 percent); Education (4 percent); Communications (3.4 percent) and Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (1.2 percent). The national index has a base of 100 as of December 2007. The CPI reflects the prices and spending patterns registered in the metropolitan area of Asunción, which includes: Asunción, Luque, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, San Lorenzo and Capiatá, and which accounts for 43.5 percent of the urban population of the country.

Latest Updates

Paraguay's annual inflation rate rose to 4.4% in March 2025, accelerating from 4.3% in the previous month, and marking the highest since July 2024. Key contributors to the increase included price increases in housing and utilities (2.68% vs 2.16% in February), food and non-alcoholic beverages (6.36% vs 4.90%), education (4.78% vs 4.70%), restaurants and hotels (5.93% vs 5.26%), and furniture (3.23% vs 3.15%). However, costs rose at a slower pace in transportation (2.99% vs 5.49%), health (2.72% vs 2.65%), recreation and culture (5.38% vs. 5.96%), and clothing and footwear (2.17% vs 2.26%). On a monthly basis, consumer prices in Paraguay rose 1.2% in March, after a 0.4% increase in the previous month.