Paraguay

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Paraguay
Misc
Country CodePY
Geography
Area (sq km)406,752
Coastline (km)
Highest Point (m)842 (Cerro Pero)
Average Elevation (m)178
People
Population7,025,763
Median Age28.70
Growth Rate1.17 %
Birth Rate (Births a year per 1,000 people)16.60
Death Rate (Deaths a year per 1,000 people)4.80
Urban Population61.60 %
Health
Mothers age at first birth22.90
Maternal mortality rate (Deaths per 100,000 live births)132.00
Infant mortality rate (Deaths under 1 year per 1,000 births)18.10
Health expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)9.80 %
Physicians (per 1,000 people)1.29
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)1.30
Adult obesity (Percentage of population with BMI > 30)20.30 %
Education
Education expenditure (As a percentage of GDP)4.50 %
School life (years)12
Youth unemployment (% of 15 to 24 years old unemployed)20.80 %
Economy
GDP (Gross Domestic Product in US $)88.910 billion
Growth Rate (Real growth rate of GDP)4.80 %
GDP per capita (Gross Domestic Product per person, in US $)12,800
Gross National Saving (National saving as a percent of GDP)18.60 %

See Also

South America
South America is the fourth largest continent, the southern of the two Americas continents of the Western Hemisphere.