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Paraguay
Paraguay has been a member of the ILO since 1919, with the exception between 1937 and 1956. The country has ratified 41 Conventions (of which 39 are currently in force), including the fundamental Conventions.
Paraguay and the ILO have reached several milestones in recent years, including the creation of the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security in 2014; the ratification of the Social Security Convention, 1952 (No. 102) and the Part-Time Work Convention, 1994 (No. 175) in 2021, and the adoption of a National Employment Plan in 2022. As part of its activities in the country since its inception, the ILO has provided technical support for these milestones.
ILO actions in Paraguay are coordinated from the Office for the South Cone of Latin America. There is also an ILO project office in the country working in various areas of the Organization's activities.
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Labour Overview 2025
Employment holds steady in Latin America and the Caribbean, but informality and inequality persist
Child labour
Latin America and the Caribbean consolidate their regional roadmap to accelerate the eradication of child labour
Labour statistics
National figures on labour market for the last available year from the ILOSTAT database
Projects and programmes
Child labour
Global research on child labour measurement and policy development (MAP) Project
Child labour: CLEAR Project
Country level engagement and assistance to reduce child labour (CLEAR) Project
Publications
Technical note
How many hours are worked in Latin America and the Caribbean? Indicators of working time and its organisation
Case study
The Paraguayan Industrial Union Case Study
Our series (in Spanish)
Tripartite partners
Development Cooperation Dashboard
The dashboard offers information on budgets and expenditures of core and non-core voluntary contributions over the last ten years.
Initiatives (in Spanish)
All resources
Browse our catalogue of resources from or about Paraguay and filter by topic or sector.