Paraguay's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) was US$15.8 million in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 59.49% from US$39.01 million in 2014 (8.64% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | US$15.8 million | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | −US$9.98 million | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | US$39.01 million | 2014 |
| Highest | US$234.18 million | 2020 |
| Lowest | −US$35.63 million | 1994 |
| Average since 2015 | US$76.94 million | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | US$1.41 million |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Paraguay's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) fell US$217.07 million on 2023 (from US$232.86 million to US$15.8 million).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +US$8.9 million and a typical year strayed about US$83.05 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was US$244.16 million in 2020 and the biggest yearly fall was US$217.07 million in 2024. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Paraguay had the 35th highest value of the 62 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Paraguay | US$15.8 million | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | US$2.94 billion | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | US$8.4 billion | 2024 |
Closest to Paraguay in the 2024 ranking
- El Salvador — 32nd of 62: US$43.99 million
- Eswatini — 33rd of 62: US$31.34 million
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 34th of 62: US$20.68 million
- Côte d'Ivoire — 36th of 62: US$13.58 million
- Belize — 37th of 62: US$4.13 million
- Albania — 38th of 62: US$3.47 million
What this measures
Net financial flows received by the borrower during the year are disbursements of loans and credits less repayments of principal. IBRD is the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the founding and largest member of the World Bank Group. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.
All 55 values
| Year | Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 15,799,000 |
| 2023 | 232,864,000 |
| 2022 | 5,483,000 |
| 2021 | 30,707,000 |
| 2020 | 234,180,000 |
| 2019 | -9,980,000 |
| 2018 | 31,950,000 |
| 2017 | 62,389,000 |
| 2016 | 113,529,000 |
| 2015 | 52,456,000 |
| 2014 |
Net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) in nearby economies
- Argentina — US$859.15 million (2024)
- Barbados — −US$2.52 million (2016)
- Belize — US$4.13 million (2024)
- Bolivia — US$115.71 million (2024)
- Brazil — −US$447.42 million (2024)
- Chile — US$85.33 million (2016)
- Colombia — US$648.74 million (2024)
- Dominica — −US$31,000 (2016)
- Dominican Republic — US$401.61 million (2024)
- Ecuador — US$1.05 billion (2024)
More economic policy & debt data for Paraguay
- GDP (current US$) — US$49.28 billion (2025)
- GDP (current LCU) — 371.83 trillion (2025)
- GDP (constant 2015 US$) — US$49.29 billion (2025)
- GDP (constant LCU) — 252.51 trillion (2025)
- GDP per capita (current US$) — US$7,027 (2025)
- GDP per capita (current LCU) — 53.02 million (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant 2015 US$) — US$7,029 (2025)
- GDP per capita (constant LCU) — 36.01 million (2025)
- GNI (current US$) — US$47.35 billion (2025)
- GNI (current LCU) — 357.25 trillion (2025)
- GNI per capita (current LCU) — 50.94 million (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Paraguay's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$)?
- US$15.8 million in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1970?
- It is up 1,024% from US$1.41 million in 1970 (4.58% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$234.18 million in 2020 and the lowest −US$35.63 million in 1994.
- How does Paraguay rank?
- 35th highest of 62 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) unusual for Paraguay?
- In 2024, Paraguay's net financial flows, IBRD (NFL, current US$) fell US$217.07 million on 2023 (from US$232.86 million to US$15.8 million). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +US$8.9 million and a typical year strayed about US$83.05 million from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator DT.NFL.MIBR.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: International Debt Statistics, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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