Anti‑Corruption and Integrity Outlook 2026: Paraguay
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The National Anti-Corruption Strategy (2023-2026), a key component of Paraguay’s anti-corruption strategic framework, was adopted in November 2023. The Strategy requires that all the heads of government branches and independent state institutions set a roadmap for anti-corruption and public integrity that upholds their independence and democratic checks and balances. The strategy covers four thematic areas: transparency, accountability and integrity, revenue collection oversight, and citizen security. Each area is divided into sub-topics, and these further into initiatives. The Civil Cabinet of the President’s Office, with support of the Management Unit, oversaw the strategy’s drafting. The National Anti-Corruption Council, set up by Law 7389 of 2024 currently coordinates its implementation and monitoring.
The Comptroller General’s Office oversees the Transparency, Integrity and Corruption Prevention System, and monitors the system for declaration of assets and income across the public sector. The Supreme Electoral Tribunal oversees political parties and election campaign finance. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies oversees, monitors and evaluates the National Open Data Policy and the government’s Open Data Portal. Paraguay does not have a specialised body on access to public information nor an institution overseeing lobbying activities.
Note: 2025 and 2020 data or latest year available. Data for judicial integrity, prosecutorial integrity and disciplinary system are not available.
Source: OECD Public Integrity Indicators Database (data extracted on 7 March 2026).
Data on where Paraguay’s integrity system is strongest and could be most improved can be found at the link below:
Note: 2025 data or latest year available.
Source: OECD Public Integrity Indicators Database (data extracted on 7 March 2026).
Paraguay fulfils 33% of criteria on the strength of strategic framework, and 17% on practice, compared to the OECD average of 38% and 32%, respectively.
Paraguay’s National Anti-Corruption Strategy (2023–2026) was launched by the President together with all branches of government and oversight institutions and is coordinated by the National Anti-Corruption Council. The Strategy is structured around four thematic areas – transparency, accountability and integrity, revenue collection oversight, and citizen security – each divided into sub-topics and initiatives. Despite being a strategic document developed with the involvement of the executive, legislative, judicial, and oversight institutions, it was not informed by a report from an inter-institutional body on integrity risks that provides recommendations and sets priorities for the public integrity system.
The Strategy identifies key public integrity risks, including excessive bureaucracy, weak checks and balances, regulatory instability, and the threat from organised criminals. Its design benefited from inputs from public institutions and extensive consultations with civil society, the private sector, donors and international organisations. However, an evaluation of the previous strategy did not inform the current one.
Although the Strategy outlines expected impact, it lacks precise outcome indicators and target values. Monitoring relies on a control panel, yet it provides limited implementation detail, and therefore has not been used to inform stakeholders or the public. Both the action plan and the budget are still under development.
Note: 2025 data or latest year available.
Source: OECD Public Integrity Indicators Database (data extracted on 7 March 2026).
Paraguay fulfils 20% of criteria on lobbying regulations, and no criteria for practice, compared to the OECD average of 43% and 38%, respectively.
Paraguay does not have a law regulating lobbying and influence, and there are no institutional responsibilities assigned for overseeing lobbying activities. The regulatory framework does not provide for cooling-off periods for public officials or lobbyists either. Tools for registering lobbying activities are not available, and there is no system in place for disclosing lobbying-related information or investigating cases of non-compliance with disclosure requirements.
Nonetheless, Law 6446 of 2020 and Law 5282 of 2014 set up a central beneficial ownership register and provide for transparency on beneficial ownership, respectively. The register is operational, and information is available to the public via freedom of information (FoI) requests.
Note: 2025 data or latest year available.
Source: OECD Public Integrity Indicators Database (data extracted on 7 March 2026).
Paraguay fulfils 100% of criteria on conflict-of-interest regulations, and 11% on practice, compared to the OECD average of 80% and 45%, respectively.
Law 7236 of 2024, which amends Law 7089 of 2023, on prevention, management and sanction of conflicts of interest outlines incompatibilities between public office and private activities, circumstances and relationships that can lead to conflict-of-interest situations for public officials and establishes the obligation to manage them. Law 7089 of 2023 mandates submission of interest and asset declarations by members of Government, Congresspeople, magistrates, staff from regulatory authorities and top-tier civil servants, among others.
Law 7089 of 2023 also assigns the Comptroller General’s Office formal institutional responsibilities for receiving and verifying interest and asset declarations, which must be submitted through an online portal. The Comptroller General’s Office verifies declarations by officials from short-listed institutions, yet risk-based selection criteria for verifications are not available. The same law establishes sharing of information and data interoperability as key tools for timely and efficient mitigation of conflicts of interest. Nonetheless, due to recent regulatory amendments, data on the submission rate of declarations across the three branches of government has not yet been collected and made available.
Note: 2025 data or latest year available.
Source: OECD Public Integrity Indicators Database (data extracted on 7 March 2026).
Paraguay fulfils 90% of criteria on political finance regulations, and 14% of criteria on practice, compared to the OECD average of 76 and 58%, respectively.
Paraguay’s regulatory framework on political finance includes Law 635 of 1995, Law 834 of 1996, Law 4743 of 2012, Law 6501 of 2020 and Law 7445 of 2025. It prohibits anonymous donations, contributions from foreign states, enterprises and publicly owned companies, and the misuse of public resources for electoral purposes. It also establishes ceilings for individual contributions to campaigns and requires political organisations to submit detailed financial reports annually and during electoral periods. Law 4743 of 2012 provides for spending limits on national and primaries, which does not apply to third parties.
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal oversees political party and election campaign finance and guarantees transparency of political finance by publishing parties and campaigns’ financial reports within 10 days of submission on the National Political Finance Observatory’s Portal. For the past two election cycles, 64% of political parties submitted their campaigns’ income and expenses within 40 days of the election, the deadline set by legislation. In terms of political parties’ annual financial reporting, there is no information available.
Note: 2025 data or latest year available.
Source: OECD Public Integrity Indicators Database (data extracted on 7 March 2026).
Paraguay fulfils 33% of criteria on transparency of public information regulations, and 54% on practice, compared to the OECD average is 72% and 62%, respectively.
Law 5282 of 2014 and Decree 4064 of 2015 provide for transparency and access to public information, recognising all public institutions as information holders. Universal access rights are granted - without the need for justification. Requests must be answered within 15 days and can be appealed in court. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technologies oversees the National Open Data Policy and the government’s Open Data Portal.
However, private actors performing public functions are not considered information holders, and limitations to access are not clearly defined. Authorities are not required to provide information in the format requested, and reproduction costs may be charged. While the Ministry of Justice promotes access to information, no central authority with sanctioning powers exists.
In terms of proactive disclosure of datasets, Law 6937 of 2022 requires Council of Ministers’ meetings to be broadcasted. However, only limited recordings are currently available, and neither government session agendas nor ministers’ agendas are published. The authorities do proactively disclose consolidated versions of primary legislation, government legislative proposals submitted to Parliament, and central government public tenders, including both calls for bids and awarded contracts, aggregated on a single website. Information is also published on the salaries of senior civil servants, as well as on the asset and interest declarations of top-tier executive officials, members of the judiciary, and elected representatives.
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The full book is available in English: OECD (2026), Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook 2026: Harnessing the Integrity Advantage, OECD Publishing, Paris, https://doi.org/10.1787/16708b78-en.
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