Political Rights Score in Paraguay
Paraguay: Political Rights Score was 26 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Rights Score in Paraguay, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 26 for political rights score in 2025.
The figure is down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Paraguay peaked at 28 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 20, in 2002.
Paraguay ranks 99th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 20 | — |
| 2003 | 26 | +30.0% |
| 2004 | 25 | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 25 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 26 | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 28 | +7.7% |
| 2009 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 27 | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 26 | -3.7% |
| 2014 | 27 | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 27 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 28 | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 28 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 26 | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 26 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 26 | +0.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 26 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 26, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 26 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 33, 79% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.5 | 20 | 28 | 8 |
| 2010s | 27.3 | 26 | 28 | 10 |
| 2020s | 27 | 26 | 28 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
- 99 Mexico 26 compare
- 99 Montenegro 26 compare
- 102 Moldova 25 compare
- 102 Monaco 25 compare
- 102 Philippines 25 compare
More social development data for Paraguay
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 4,621 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 162 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 3 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 3 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 162 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0007 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is political rights score in Paraguay?
- Political rights score in Paraguay was 26 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 28 in 2008.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 in 2002.
- How does Paraguay rank for political rights score?
- Paraguay ranks 99th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.