El Salvador vs Panama: Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest)

El Salvador
0.1228
in 2022
Panama
0.082
in 2023
El Salvador rank
32nd
Panama rank
34th

Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) over time

  • El Salvador
  • Panama
0.050.10.150.20.25200720152023

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.1228 against 0.082 in Panama, a difference of 0.0408.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.5 times Panama's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2008 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 32nd and Panama ranks 34th of 35 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Panama in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Panama Difference Ahead
2000s 0.1529 0.1404 0.0126 El Salvador
2010s 0.1856 0.0913 0.0943 El Salvador
2020s 0.0972 0.0999 0.0027 Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest), El Salvador or Panama?
El Salvador, at 0.1228 against 0.082 in Panama as of 2022.
What is the difference in benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) between El Salvador and Panama?
0.0408, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
12 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2021.
How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest)?
El Salvador ranks 32nd and Panama ranks 34th of 35 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 334 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Private Transfers programs (%)