Costa Rica vs Paraguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile

Costa Rica
0.2251 poorest
in 2022
Paraguay
0.2239 poorest
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
16th
Paraguay rank
17th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Paraguay
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.2251 poorest against 0.2239 poorest in Paraguay, a difference of 0.0012 poorest.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 16th and Paraguay ranks 17th of 36 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Paraguay Difference Ahead
2000s 0.2098 poorest 0.1366 poorest 0.0732 poorest Costa Rica
2010s 0.1857 poorest 0.1778 poorest 0.0079 poorest Costa Rica
2020s 0.2199 poorest 0.2183 poorest 0.0016 poorest 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, Costa Rica or Paraguay?
Costa Rica, at 0.2251 poorest against 0.2239 poorest in Paraguay as of 2022.
What is the difference in benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile between Costa Rica and Paraguay?
0.0012 poorest, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Paraguay?
13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Paraguay rank globally for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile?
Costa Rica ranks 16th and Paraguay ranks 17th of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest). 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)
Unit
poorest
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 351 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

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