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    Paraguay

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    Americas · #74 of 117 global markets · IEPA 2024 (final) · 2026 current estimate available
    46.0▼ -0.3 YoY
    ●●○0.79IEPA COMPOSITE
    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2010–2026
    2010201220142016201820202022202420262835424956
    CAPITAL FLOWS · FDI NET INFLOWS % OF GDP
    2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202400.71.42.12.8
    IE FDI intelligence · synced weekly
    PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    #91of 145 ranked economies▲ 20 places since 2010
    How much productive know-how this market has demonstrated, read from the range and rarity of what it makes competitively.
    2010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320249096102112
    CAPABILITY RANK · HIGHER IS BETTER
    3.65% / yr
    Implied growth
    Annual growth the current capability base points to.
    99
    Diversity
    Distinct products made at competitive scale.
    -0.28
    Capability score
    Standardized: 0 is the world average.
    -0.76
    Outlook
    Value of the new products within reach of what it already does.
    INDUSTRY STRENGTHS · REVEALED FROM TRADE EVIDENCE
    VINTAGE 2022-2024
    POSITION IN THE PRODUCT SPACE
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Textile Apparel and Accessories10 of 50 made · 70% of the rest within reach
    Agriculture34 of 200 made · 42% of the rest within reach
    Textile and Home Goods8 of 78 made · 30% of the rest within reach
    Construction, Building, and Home Supplies8 of 104 made · 32% of the rest within reach
    Metalworking and Electrical Machinery and Parts5 of 155 made · 9% of the rest within reach
    Industrial Chemicals and Metals4 of 157 made · 12% of the rest within reach
    Minerals1 of 48 made · 15% of the rest within reach
    Electronic and Electrical Goods0 of 73 made · 3% of the rest within reach
    MADE COMPETITIVELYONE STEP AWAY
    Widest opening is Textile Apparel and Accessories. This market makes 20% of that cluster today, and 70% of what it does not make sits one step from something it already does.
    Electronic and Electrical Goods is the furthest: 0% made, and only 3% of the rest is within one step. A move there means building capability rather than extending it.
    READ ON THE 70 OF 99 COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS THAT CARRY A POSITION IN THE CAPABILITY MAP
    POSITIONED TO BUILD NEXT
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Milk$11B world market
    Agrifood & FisheriesOPENS 0.09 · COMPLEXITY -0.28
    Fiberboard of wood$10B world market
    Wood, Paper & FurnitureOPENS 0.06 · COMPLEXITY -0.25
    Fermented milk products$5B world market
    Agrifood & FisheriesOPENS 0.05 · COMPLEXITY -0.33
    THE NEAREST OPTIONS AMONG 431 PRODUCTS ASSESSED · RANKED BY HOW MUCH EACH OPENS UP NEXT
    ECOSYSTEM DENSITY
    IE Ecosystem Registry · 2026-07-17
    63organizations indexed across 6 types · 61 mapped
    Universities & research bodies
    40
    Research organizations
    8
    Government bodies
    6
    Fab labs & makerspaces
    5
    Health research
    3
    Science & tech parks
    1
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    ORGANIZATIONS
    a sample of 63 indexed
    Fundacion Parque Tecnológico Itaipu - Py
    Science & tech parks · Hernandarias
    Universidad Nacional de Asunción
    Universities & research bodies · San Lorenzo · 1889
    Universidad Comunera
    Universities & research bodies · Asunción · 1933
    Centro de Análisis y Difusión de la Economía Paraguya
    Research organizations · Asunción · 1990
    Guyra Paraguay
    Research organizations · Asunción · 1997
    Centro Medico Nacional - Hospital Nacional
    Health research · Itauguá · 1990
    Instituto de Medicina Tropical
    Health research · Asunción
    Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social
    Government bodies · Asunción · 1936
    Aratiri
    Fab labs & makerspaces · Asunción
    Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
    Government bodies · Asunción · 1997
    FABLAB FCyT UNCA
    Fab labs & makerspaces · Coronel Oviedo
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