Distillers Paraguay
A one-page guide to Paraguay for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Asuncion
- Official languages
- Spanish, Guarani
- Currency
- Guarani (PYG)
- Time zone
- UTC-3
- Area
- 406,752 km²
People
- Population
- 7.0 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.2% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 70.4%
- Aged under 15
- 28.4%
- Aged 65 and over
- 6.7%
- Life expectancy
- 74.0 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$49.3 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$7,027 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 6.6% (2025)
- Inflation
- 4.0% (2025)
Climate
Semi-arid, tropical and subtropical. January is hottest (average 28.9 C); frost is possible April-September. Rain is heaviest in the eastern forest belt (about 1,700 mm) and lowest in the western Chaco (up to about 500 mm).
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- 20 (raised from 18 by Law 6316 of 2019)
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 6.9 litres of pure alcohol (2022-2024 average (WHO estimate for 2024))
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank indicators (population, area, GDP, GDP per capita, growth, inflation); WHO Global Health Observatory, indicator SA_0000001688; UN Comtrade public API (HS 2208); Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; Wikipedia: Paraguay; PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries: Paraguay - other taxes; Goods Across Borders: Paraguay allowances (secondary; cites national customs); Unión Industrial Paraguaya (national industry federation). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.