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

Paraguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.219 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.219
Change on year
down 7.0%
World rank
22nd
of 36 countries
All-time high
0.2639
in 2014
All-time low
0.1459
in 2017
Years of data
16
2007–2022

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

00.10.20.32007201420222007: 0.1632008: 0.1712009: 0.1912010: 0.2212011: 0.2312012: 0.2242013: 0.172014: 0.2642015: 0.2192016: 0.2052017: 0.1462018: 0.22019: 0.2232020: 0.2512021: 0.2362022: 0.219

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay stood at 0.219.

That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay peaked at 0.2639 in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.1459, in 2017.

That places Paraguay 22nd out of 36 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) -urban in Paraguay, 2007 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2007 0.163
2008 0.1714 +5.2%
2009 0.1913 +11.6%
2010 0.2211 +15.6%
2011 0.2314 +4.7%
2012 0.2242 -3.1%
2013 0.1701 -24.1%
2014 0.2639 +55.1%
2015 0.2194 -16.8%
2016 0.2046 -6.8%
2017 0.1459 -28.7%
2018 0.2005 +37.4%
2019 0.2226 +11.0%
2020 0.2507 +12.6%
2021 0.2356 -6.0%
2022 0.219 -7.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1752 0.163 0.1913 3
2010s 0.2104 0.1459 0.2639 10
2020s 0.2351 0.219 0.2507 3

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 19 Uruguay 0.2239 compare
  2. 20 Colombia 0.2227 compare
  3. 21 Ecuador 0.2226 compare
  4. 23 Argentina 0.218 compare
  5. 24 Bolivia 0.2159 compare
  6. 25 Chile 0.2103 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 0.219 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 0.2639 in 2014.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1459 in 2017.
How does Paraguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Paraguay ranks 22nd out of 36 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 down 2.3%. 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) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
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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