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

Costa Rica
0.2251 poorest
in 2022
Uruguay
0.2217 poorest
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
16th
Uruguay rank
18th

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

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
00.10.20.3200820152022

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.2251 poorest against 0.2217 poorest in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0034 poorest.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 12 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 16th and Uruguay ranks 18th of 36 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
2000s 0.2098 poorest 0.1632 poorest 0.0466 poorest Costa Rica
2010s 0.1844 poorest 0.2242 poorest 0.0398 poorest Uruguay
2020s 0.2199 poorest 0.2245 poorest 0.0045 poorest Uruguay

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 Uruguay?
Costa Rica, at 0.2251 poorest against 0.2217 poorest in Uruguay as of 2022.
What is the difference in benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
0.0034 poorest, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
12 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile?
Costa Rica ranks 16th and Uruguay ranks 18th 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 (%)