Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Malawi

Malawi: Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) was 0.1559 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
0.1559
Change on year
up 1.5%
World rank
28th
of 35 countries
All-time high
0.1559
in 2019
All-time low
0.0864
in 2013
Years of data
5
2004–2019

Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Malawi, 2004–2019

00.050.10.152004201120192004: 0.1252010: 0.1022013: 0.0862016: 0.1542019: 0.156

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

The most recent figure for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Malawi is 0.1559, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 53.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Malawi peaked at 0.1559 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0864, in 2013.

Malawi ranks 28th of 35 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Malawi, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Malawi, 2004 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2004 0.1247
2010 0.1016 -18.5%
2013 0.0864 -14.9%
2016 0.1536 +77.7%
2019 0.1559 +1.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1247 0.1247 0.1247 1
2010s 0.1244 0.0864 0.1559 4

Countries ranked near Malawi

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Malawi?
Benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Malawi was 0.1559 in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Malawi?
The highest recorded value was 0.1559 in 2019.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Malawi?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0864 in 2013.
How does Malawi rank for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest)?
Malawi ranks 28th out of 35 countries with data for 2019.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Malawi?
Over the last ten years it is up 53.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Malawi data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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