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

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.2239 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.2239
Change on year
down 2.5%
World rank
19th
of 36 countries
All-time high
0.2672
in 2011
All-time low
0.1603
in 2008
Years of data
13
2008–2022

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

00.10.20.32008201520222008: 0.162009: 0.1662010: 0.2472011: 0.2672012: 0.1742015: 0.1942016: 0.2012017: 0.2672018: 0.2152019: 0.2342020: 0.2242021: 0.232022: 0.224

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay stood at 0.2239.

The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 28.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay peaked at 0.2672 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.1603, in 2008.

Uruguay ranks 19th 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 Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Uruguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.1603
2009 0.1659 +3.5%
2010 0.2471 +48.9%
2011 0.2672 +8.1%
2012 0.1742 -34.8%
2015 0.1936 +11.2%
2016 0.2009 +3.8%
2017 0.2672 +33.0%
2018 0.2153 -19.4%
2019 0.2344 +8.9%
2020 0.2239 -4.5%
2021 0.2298 +2.6%
2022 0.2239 -2.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1631 0.1603 0.1659 2
2010s 0.225 0.1742 0.2672 8
2020s 0.2259 0.2239 0.2298 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 16 Pakistan 0.2292 compare
  2. 17 Sri Lanka 0.2268 compare
  3. 18 Costa Rica 0.2255 compare
  4. 20 Colombia 0.2227 compare
  5. 21 Ecuador 0.2226 compare
  6. 22 Paraguay 0.219 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 Uruguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay was 0.2239 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.2672 in 2011.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1603 in 2008.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Uruguay ranks 19th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 28.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay 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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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Private Transfers programs (%)