The residence routes we hold for Paraguay, each requirement as its rule states it, and what a month costs in its cities. This page assesses no one.
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Very low taxes (10% flat) and a territorial system.
Low cost of living; easy residence requirements.
Growing economy driven by agriculture and energy (Itaipú).
Low population density; land is cheap.
Encarnación is a pleasant river city with a German-Paraguayan heritage.
Cons
Weak institutions and corruption; informal economy.
Hot, humid summers; landlocked.
Limited healthcare and infrastructure outside Asunción.
Small market; few sectors for a foreign small business.
Spanish and Guaraní; a foreigner is far from European networks.
Emigrator’s assessment, 6 October 2026. Where a point names a figure, the sourced data above governs.
Routes we hold for Paraguay
What each rule states, as we encoded it from the source. A money threshold that grows with the size of the household is shown for the reference household named under the costs.
Temporary and permanent residence
Draft — not checked by us yet
We built these rules from the country’s own sources and have not finished checking them line by line.
· past the limit — verification required
We have encoded no rule for this route yet.
What the authority states and we cannot test
Quoted in the authority’s own words rather than summarised. No rule of ours tests these.
Esta categoría se encuentra exenta de la acreditación de solvencia económica, ya que la responsabilidad económica será asumida por el representante legal (padres, madres o tutores legales).
Our translation: This category is exempt from proving economic solvency, since economic responsibility will be assumed by the legal representative (parents or legal guardians). — Emigrator, machine-assisted and reviewed against the source
Stated by Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, Paraguay — Residencia Temporal establecida por la Ley N° 6984/2022 de Migraciones, Consideraciones generales, category Niños, Niñas y Adolescentes
Original + una copia autenticada del Certificado de Antecedentes Penales o Policiales vigente, visado y legalizado o apostillado (Requerido a partir de los 14 años de edad). […] Original + una copia autenticada del Certificado de Antecedentes expedido por INTERPOL. […] Original + una copia autenticada del Certificado de Antecedentes para Extranjeros, expedido por el Departamento de Informática de la Policía Nacional.
Our translation: Original plus a certified copy of a current criminal or police record certificate, visaed and legalised or apostilled (required from the age of 14). […] Original plus a certified copy of a record certificate issued by INTERPOL. […] Original plus a certified copy of a record certificate for foreigners, issued by the National Police's IT Department. — Emigrator, machine-assisted and reviewed against the source
Stated by Dirección Nacional de Migraciones, Paraguay — Residencia Temporal establecida por la Ley N° 6984/2022 de Migraciones, Requisitos generales 6, 7 and 8
A month here, for a reference household
Reference household: two adults aged 38 and 37, a one-bedroom home, no children.
Residence fees and health cover are those of Temporary and permanent residence. The low, middle and high figures are the 25th, 50th and 75th percentiles where a publisher states them; each line says who published it.
illustrative Money figures on this page are illustrative unless the figure names its publisher. The illustrative ones are arranged so the shape is right — a larger flat costs more than a smaller one, and the expensive cities are the expensive ones — and they are accurate in nothing. Do not plan on them.
City
P25
P50
P75
AsunciónThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.
€864
€1,170
€1,476
EncarnaciónThis total does not include Building or service charge, Statutory levies and licences, Residence permit renewals and Domestic help, which nobody publishes for this city. It is the sum of what we hold, not of what the household will pay.
Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.
Each cell: average daily high, monthly mean, average daily low, in °C. These are averages of daily values over 2001–2020, not records — the hottest day is higher and is not shown.
How this country is governed
World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators, 2024, on a 0–100 scale the Bank publishes itself. They describe the country, not any city in it.
Political stability and absence of violence
65the World Bank governance score for political stability
Rule of law
47the World Bank governance score for rule of law
Control of corruption
27the World Bank governance score for control of corruption
Rule set 1.58.0-2026-10-11 · read on 26 October 2026. Every figure on this page was computed by the engine from versioned rule files. No language model produced any number here, and translation happens only after the calculation.
