Adequacy of benefits (%) - All Private Transfers -urban in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Adequacy of benefits (%) - All Private Transfers -urban was 19.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
19.2%
Change on year
up 3.5%
World rank
18th
of 36 countries
All-time high
19.2%
in 2022
All-time low
14.3%
in 2015
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Adequacy of benefits (%) - All Private Transfers -urban in Costa Rica, 2008–2022

051015202008201520222008: 15.72010: 15.42011: 14.82012: 16.32014: 14.42015: 14.32016: 16.32017: 15.62018: 172019: 16.72020: 17.32021: 18.62022: 19.2

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 19.2% for adequacy of benefits (%) - all private transfers -urban in 2022. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 18.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits (%) - all private transfers -urban in Costa Rica peaked at 19.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 14.3%, in 2015.

Costa Rica ranks 18th of 36 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Adequacy of benefits (%) - All Private Transfers -urban in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits (%) - All Private Transfers -urban in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 15.7%
2010 15.4% -2.2%
2011 14.8% -3.5%
2012 16.3% +9.6%
2014 14.4% -11.6%
2015 14.3% -0.4%
2016 16.3% +13.7%
2017 15.6% -3.9%
2018 17.0% +8.5%
2019 16.7% -1.5%
2020 17.3% +3.3%
2021 18.6% +7.5%
2022 19.2% +3.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 15.7% 15.7% 15.7% 1
2010s 15.6% 14.3% 17.0% 9
2020s 18.3% 17.3% 19.2% 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 15 Serbia 21.5% compare
  2. 16 Argentina 20.7% compare
  3. 17 Malawi 20.1% compare
  4. 19 Kazakhstan 19.0% compare
  5. 20 Honduras 18.9% compare
  6. 21 Türkiye 18.7% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits (%) - all private transfers -urban in Costa Rica?
Adequacy of benefits (%) - all private transfers -urban in Costa Rica was 19.2% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits (%) - all private transfers -urban recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 2022.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits (%) - all private transfers -urban recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 14.3% in 2015.
How does Costa Rica rank for adequacy of benefits (%) - all private transfers -urban?
Costa Rica ranks 18th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
Is adequacy of benefits (%) - all private transfers -urban rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 18.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Adequacy of benefits (%) - All Private Transfers -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits (%) - All Private Transfers -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 350 data points, 2002–2023
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Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group