Cost of Living inFernando de la Mora, Paraguay

Central Department, Paraguay120KUpper middle income

Purchasing Power vs. United States

Your money goes 2.31x further

Based on GDP per capita (PPP). Paraguay: $16,296/capita.

How Far Your Money Goes

Prices are 72% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).

Using the country-level NYC comparison for now. We do not have a defensible city-level aggregate cost index for this city yet.

Overall
3.5x further
Prices are 72% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Rent
9.8x further
Prices are 90% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Groceries
3.6x further
Prices are 72% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).
Restaurants
3.8x further
Prices are 74% lower than the global benchmark (New York City = 100).

Income Category

Upper Middle
World Bank GNI

Happiness

6.0 / 10

#58 globally

GDP per Capita

$16,296
PPP, International $

City Population

120K

Child Education

Public-school quality, expat access, instruction language, and homeschool legality for relocating families.

Public schools

Public-schooling rules are set nationally for Paraguay; Fernando de la Mora-specific enrollment notes are still being verified.

Limited public-school fit

Quality

Limited public-school fit

Expat access

Possible for resident families

conditional

Instruction

Spanish / Guarani

Language fit is more manageable.

PISA / outcomes

Qualitative only

Using curated quality notes for now.

Why this quality rating

Paraguay's public schools can work for local families, but quality varies and the strongest options for internationally mobile households are usually private schools in and around Asunción.

Why the expat-access rating looks like this

Resident foreign families can usually enroll, but Spanish- and Guaraní-influenced schooling plus uneven school quality make the public path a situational fit for expat families.

📋 Homeschooling

Legal with school enrollment

Paraguay permits homeschooling through "educación en casa" provisions. Students must be enrolled at a school for assessment and certification purposes. Paraguay has become popular with expats for its low taxes and cost of living.

Homeschool legality in Paraguay — check current regulations before committing.

Source: User-curated family relocation research (initial seed) (2026-04-14)

Childcare & Domestic Help

Estimate-only country fallback for the family-support costs we track in Paraguay.

Full-time nanny (5 days)

$475-$675

Estimate-only country fallback

Live-in / 24-7 nanny

$850-$1,150

Estimate-only country fallback

Source: curated family relocation research(derived country fallback)

Getting Around

Neighborhood mobility profiles are rolling out city by city.Fernando de la Mora is still missing a verified walkability, transit, airport, and rideshare profile.

Healthcare

System strength, outcome signals, facility coverage, and self-pay visibility in Paraguay.

Method: country metrics come from public system indicators, facility coverage reflects mapped providers we can inventory, direct pricing only reflects observed self-pay pages, and relative care cost can fall back to broad cost-of-living healthcare indices. Sparse pricing does not imply sparse healthcare availability.

Hospital and clinic listings for Fernando de la Mora are still being verified. The country-level health-system summary for Paraguay applies; named facilities and direct self-pay prices appear here only after they are source-backed.

Healthcare system

Good

Good national coverage and strong doctor availability help, but hospital capacity looks tighter.

Public care

Limited

Patients still shoulder a meaningful share of costs weigh on this rating.

Private care

Limited

This is an inferred read based on facility depth, private ownership signals, and available self-pay pricing.

UHC coverage

79/100

2023

Physicians

3.89/1k

2022

Hospital beds

1.04/1k

2022

Out of pocket

36%

2023

Outcome signals

Life expectancy

74.0 yrs

2024

Maternal mortality

58/100k

2023

Neonatal mortality

8.6/1k

2024

International patient readiness

Limited

Price transparency is still sparse weigh on this rating.

Pricing transparency

Limited

Published self-pay prices are scarce weigh on this rating.

Facility coverage

Self-pay pricing visibility

No verified self-pay prices are published for the tracked facilities in Paraguay yet.

This usually reflects low online price transparency rather than a lack of healthcare providers.

System metrics: World Bank WDI · Updated 2026-06-01

Safety & Governance

City-level perceived-crime data is not sourced for Fernando de la Mora yet. Showing Paraguay national safety and governance signals until a matched city row lands.

Street Safety

Safety Index43/100
Crime Index57/100

Source: Numbeo where a city row is matched; otherwise World Bank WGI and country-level safety context.

Political Stability

Political Stability-0.09

World Bank WGI scale: -2.5 to +2.5.

Wages by Sector

(national average)
Wage data shown is the national median. City-specific wage benchmarks are queued for the next quarterly update, so use this as a country-level salary anchor rather than a local labor-market quote.
SectorMedian
Agriculture & Farming
Manufacturing

2025 annual wages in Fernando de la Mora, Paraguay · Source: ILO ILOSTAT (sector aggregate)

Price Comparison vs. US

bread 500g
$1.25Estimated63% cheaper
budget hotel
$10.50Estimated71% cheaper
childcare preschool
$153.53Estimated90% cheaper
eggs dozen
$2.05Estimated57% cheaper
gasoline liter
$1.10Estimated7% more
inexpensive meal
$6.18Estimated71% cheaper
internet 60mbps
$19.35Estimated71% cheaper
International School (Annual)
$18500.00Estimated40% cheaper
luxury hotel
$117.50Estimated75% cheaper
milk liter
$1.12Estimated8% cheaper
monthly pass
$33.99Estimated51% cheaper
rent 1br
$503.70Estimated72% cheaper
rent 3br
$883.23Estimated72% cheaper
taxi km
$1.39Estimated26% cheaper
utilities basic
$42.06Estimated80% cheaper

Visa Information (US passport)

Short-stay entry

visa freeUp to 90 days

US passport holders can stay up to 90 days without a visa.

Quick comparison FAQ

Structured from the deltas already shown on this page — no invented facts, no extra data sources.

How far does your money go in Fernando de la Mora compared with the US?

Your money goes about 2.3x further in Fernando de la Mora than in the US, based on the current PPP estimate. We are using the country-level cost index for Paraguay here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.

Is Fernando de la Mora cheaper or more expensive overall than New York City?

Fernando de la Mora is cheaper overall than New York City — overall living costs are about 72% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City) for Fernando de la Mora. We are using the country-level cost index for Paraguay here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.

How does rent in Fernando de la Mora compare with New York City?

Rent in Fernando de la Mora is about 90% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City). We are using the country-level cost index for Paraguay here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.

How expensive are groceries and restaurants in Fernando de la Mora?

Groceries in Fernando de la Mora are about 72% cheaper than the global benchmark (New York City), and restaurant prices are about 74% cheaper than the same benchmark. We are using the country-level cost index for Paraguay here because a defensible city-level aggregate index is not available yet.