South America
Paraguay
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Paraguay's #3 import source (world lens). Paraguay is the EU's #134 goods supplier.
Paraguay on the world stage
Total imports
$15.9bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$10.9bn
179 partners
#1 import source
China
32.5%
#1 export dest.
Brazil
32.4%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Paraguay and the EU
EU imports from
€344m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€921m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #134 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 2.68
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
51
EUR/MWh
Consumer
47
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
25
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
100%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Export-revenue + dam debtMarket model
State monopoly (ANDE)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
No independent energy regulator
A 100% hydro system where ANDE is the sole domestic utility, but Itaipu and Yacyreta are binational entities and Paraguay's surplus (~85% of Itaipu output) is sold to Brazil under treaty terms that until 2023 locked the…
Tracked infrastructure
1 hydro plants
210 MW
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
26.6
→ 33.5 by 2050
Fertility
2.42
above replacement
Working-age
64.9%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
10.1
→ 18.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 6.93M · peaks 2078
By 2050: +25% (8.64M)