Costa Rica vs Ecuador: Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest)

Costa Rica
0.2255
in 2022
Ecuador
0.2226
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
18th
Ecuador rank
21st

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Ecuador
00.10.20.3200820152022

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.2255 against 0.2226 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.0029.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 18th and Ecuador ranks 21st of 36 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Ecuador in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Ecuador Difference Ahead
2000s 0.1899 0.1666 0.0234 Costa Rica
2010s 0.191 0.2044 0.0135 Ecuador
2020s 0.2255 0.1883 0.0372 Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest), Costa Rica or Ecuador?
Costa Rica, at 0.2255 against 0.2226 in Ecuador as of 2022.
What is the difference in benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) between Costa Rica and Ecuador?
0.0029, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ecuador?
13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Ecuador rank globally for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Costa Rica ranks 18th and Ecuador ranks 21st of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. 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) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 350 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

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