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

Costa Rica: Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.2255 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.2255
Change on year
up 9.7%
World rank
18th
of 36 countries
All-time high
0.2454
in 2020
All-time low
0.1526
in 2012
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Costa Rica, 2008–2022

00.050.10.150.20.252008201520222008: 0.192010: 0.1552011: 0.192012: 0.1532014: 0.2092015: 0.212016: 0.192017: 0.192018: 0.2082019: 0.2152020: 0.2452021: 0.2062022: 0.225

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Costa Rica stood at 0.2255.

The figure is up 9.7% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Costa Rica peaked at 0.2454 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1526, in 2012.

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.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.1899
2010 0.1551 -18.4%
2011 0.1898 +22.4%
2012 0.1526 -19.6%
2014 0.2089 +36.9%
2015 0.21 +0.5%
2016 0.1897 -9.7%
2017 0.1896 -0.0%
2018 0.2078 +9.6%
2019 0.2153 +3.6%
2020 0.2454 +14.0%
2021 0.2056 -16.2%
2022 0.2255 +9.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1899 0.1899 0.1899 1
2010s 0.191 0.1526 0.2153 9
2020s 0.2255 0.2056 0.2454 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 15 Mexico 0.2352 compare
  2. 16 Pakistan 0.2292 compare
  3. 17 Sri Lanka 0.2268 compare
  4. 19 Uruguay 0.2239 compare
  5. 20 Colombia 0.2227 compare
  6. 21 Ecuador 0.2226 compare

See the full ranking of 36 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Costa Rica?
Benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Costa Rica was 0.2255 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.2454 in 2020.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1526 in 2012.
How does Costa Rica rank for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Costa Rica ranks 18th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. 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 Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 350 data points, 2002–2023
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