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

Paraguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) was 0.2758 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.2758
Change on year
up 18.9%
World rank
12th
of 35 countries
All-time high
0.2758
in 2022
All-time low
0.088
in 2007
Years of data
16
2007–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay, 2007–2022

0.10.150.20.250.32007201420222007: 0.0882008: 0.1152009: 0.1272010: 0.0932011: 0.1212012: 0.1542013: 0.1612014: 0.2082015: 0.1852016: 0.1912017: 0.1792018: 0.1732019: 0.1712020: 0.1732021: 0.2322022: 0.276

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

The most recent figure for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay is 0.2758, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.9% on the previous year and up 79.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay peaked at 0.2758 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.088, in 2007.

That places Paraguay 12th out of 35 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Paraguay, 2007 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2007 0.088
2008 0.1147 +30.3%
2009 0.1272 +10.9%
2010 0.0928 -27.0%
2011 0.1213 +30.8%
2012 0.1538 +26.7%
2013 0.1607 +4.5%
2014 0.2078 +29.3%
2015 0.1852 -10.9%
2016 0.1909 +3.1%
2017 0.1794 -6.0%
2018 0.173 -3.6%
2019 0.1715 -0.8%
2020 0.1726 +0.7%
2021 0.232 +34.4%
2022 0.2758 +18.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.11 0.088 0.1272 3
2010s 0.1636 0.0928 0.2078 10
2020s 0.2268 0.1726 0.2758 3

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 10 Kyrgyzstan 0.2908 compare
  2. 11 Chile 0.2858 compare
  3. 13 Dominican Republic 0.2606 compare
  4. 14 Uruguay 0.2552 compare
  5. 15 South Africa 0.2287 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay was 0.2758 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.2758 in 2022.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.088 in 2007.
How does Paraguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest)?
Paraguay ranks 12th out of 35 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 79.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay 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 (%)