← INNOVATIVE ECOSYSTEMS
    🇵🇾

    Paraguay

    Extended
    Americas · #77 of 117 markets · IEPA 2024 (final) · 2026 current estimate available
    45.7▼ -0.3 YoY
    ●●○0.80IEPA COMPOSITE

    Paraguay scores 45.7 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking #77 of 117 economies. That is down 0.3 points on the year before. Its strongest zone is Prosperity Outcomes at 55.9. Its binding constraint, the lowest-scoring of its six zones, is Innovation Capacity at 31.4. How the IEPA works →

    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2010–2026
    2010201220142016201820202022202420262835424956
    CAPITAL FLOWS · FDI NET INFLOWS % OF GDP
    201020112012201320142015201620172018201920212023202500.71.42.12.8
    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
    LIVE SIGNALS
    ANDE abre las compuertas de Acaray y la presa de Yguazú: pide no acercarse al río
    ABC Color Economia · Oct 13 · Economic Policy
    Dólar cae “sin paracaídas”: el reclamo de la UGP al equipo económico
    ABC Color Economia · Oct 13 · Economic Policy
    Soja: siembra llega al 95% y el clima mantiene la incertidumbre
    ABC Color Economia · Oct 13 · Economic Policy
    Yabebyry: inundaciones ponen en jaque a pequeños ganaderos
    ABC Color Economia · Oct 12 · Economic Policy
    Meteorología eleva a seis los departamentos bajo alerta de tormenta: ¿cuáles son?
    ABC Color Economia · Oct 11 · Economic Policy
    PEERS · EXTENDED
    🇯🇲Jamaica45.0→🇺🇦Ukraine44.9→🇵🇪Peru45.6→🇧🇼Botswana46.0→
    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
    Universities, corporate R&D, government bodies, incubators, accelerators, science parks, and special economic zones, indexed today.Explore the directory →
    ORGANIZATIONS
    a sample of 63 indexed
    Fundacion Parque Tecnológico Itaipu - Py
    Science & tech parks · Hernandarias
    Universidad Privada del Este
    Universities & research bodies · Ciudad del Este · 1992
    Universidad San Carlos
    Universities & research bodies · Asunción
    Asociación Eureka
    Research organizations · Asunción · 2025
    Para La Tierra
    Research organizations · Pilar · 2010
    Centro Medico Nacional - Hospital Nacional
    Health research · Itauguá · 1990
    Instituto de Medicina Tropical
    Health research · Asunción
    FabLab Universitario CIDi
    Fab labs & makerspaces · San Lorenzo
    Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
    Government bodies · Asunción · 1997
    Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social
    Government bodies · Asunción · 1936
    Aratiri
    Fab labs & makerspaces · Asunción
    Members get the full directory, filters, and exports.See all 63 organizations →

    Paraguay: common questions

    What is Paraguay's IEPA score?
    Paraguay scores 45.7 out of 100 on the IEPA, 2024 edition, which ranks it #77 of 117 economies.
    What is Paraguay's strongest zone?
    Prosperity Outcomes, at 55.9. The six zones are scored separately, so a market's strengths stay visible instead of being averaged away.
    What is holding Paraguay back?
    Its binding constraint is Innovation Capacity, at 31.4, the lowest of its six zones. The IEPA reports every zone separately so the constraint stays visible instead of being averaged into the composite.
    How does Paraguay compare with its peers?
    The closest scored peers are Jamaica (45.0), Ukraine (44.9), Peru (45.6), Botswana (46.0).
    What is the IEPA?
    The Innovation Ecosystem Prosperity Assessment (IEPA) scores economies across six zones: innovation capacity, entrepreneurship capacity, resilience, alignment, the FDI accelerator, and prosperity outcomes. Every score carries a confidence band and traces to the evidence behind it.
    Run the full diagnostic →Talk to IE about Paraguay →