Type 1 diabetes in Paraguay
T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF South and Central America region · Upper-Middle-Income country
An estimated 6,219 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Paraguay in 2025. Each year about 413 people are newly diagnosed and 104 people with T1D die. A further 2,653 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
6,219
New diagnoses this year
413
Deaths this year
104
Missing people
2,653
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
50.1years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Paraguay?
6,219 people in Paraguay are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 88.7 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the South and Central America average of 160.6 per 100,000 and lower than the global average of 115.5. Paraguay has the 107th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 12th-largest of the 20 countries in the IDF South and Central America region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Paraguay, another 43 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Paraguay?
The number of people living with T1D in Paraguay went from 1,649 in 2000 to 6,219 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 11,141 by 2040 (+79%).
| Year | Living with T1D | New diagnoses | Deaths | Missing people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,649 | 158 | 62 | 1,251 |
| 2010 | 2,917 | 236 | 79 | 1,706 |
| 2020 | 4,933 | 340 | 109 | 2,294 |
| 2025 | 6,219 | 413 | 104 | 2,653 |
| 2030 (projected) | 7,845 | 536 | 154 | 3,099 |
| 2040 (projected) | 11,141 | 561 | 217 | 4,439 |
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Paraguay?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Paraguay today is expected to live to 50.1, compared with 75.6 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 25.5 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 33.5 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 14.8 years.
| Level of care | Healthy years restored | Healthy years of life | Healthy years still lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current level of care | – | 42.1 | 33.5 |
| + Timely diagnosis for everyone | +2.8 | 44.9 | 30.7 |
| + Insulin and test strips for everyone | +8.5 | 53.4 | 22.2 |
| + Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone | +7.4 | 60.8 | 14.8 |
How does Paraguay compare?
| 2025 | Paraguay | South and Central America | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| People living with T1D per 100,000 | 88.7 | 160.6 | 115.5 |
| New diagnoses per 100,000 | 5.9 | 9.0 | 6.2 |
| Missing people per 100 living with T1D | 42.7 | 45.8 | 43.0 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D | 50.1 | 52.4 | 51.3 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population | 75.6 | 77.7 | 77.0 |
Type 1 diabetes in other South and Central America countries
- Venezuela15,577 living with T1D
- Honduras9,029 living with T1D
- Dominican Republic6,717 living with T1D
- Cuba6,553 living with T1D
- Nicaragua5,436 living with T1D
- El Salvador5,396 living with T1D
- Costa Rica4,956 living with T1D
- Panama4,100 living with T1D
More data
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.