Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -extreme poor in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -extreme poor was 0.0631 <$2.15 a day in 2019. β–Ό Falling

Latest (2019)
0.0631 <$2.15 a day
Change on year
down 21.0%
World rank
13th
of 35 countries
All-time high
0.1198 <$2.15 a day
in 2006
All-time low
0.0631 <$2.15 a day
in 2019
Years of data
5
2006–2019

Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -extreme poor in Sri Lanka, 2006–2019

00.0250.050.0750.10.1252006201220192006: 0.12 <$2.15 a day2009: 0.069 <$2.15 a day2012: 0.072 <$2.15 a day2016: 0.08 <$2.15 a day2019: 0.063 <$2.15 a day

Source: ASPIRE. Measured in <$2.15 a day.

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 0.0631 <$2.15 a day for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -extreme poor in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of down 21.0% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -extreme poor in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.1198 <$2.15 a day in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.0631 <$2.15 a day, in 2019.

Sri Lanka ranks 13th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0942 <$2.15 a day 0.0685 <$2.15 a day 0.1198 <$2.15 a day 2
2010s 0.0716 <$2.15 a day 0.0631 <$2.15 a day 0.0798 <$2.15 a day 3

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 10 Republic of Moldova 0.0778 <$2.15 a day compare
  2. 11 Colombia 0.0687 <$2.15 a day compare
  3. 12 Kosovo 0.0647 <$2.15 a day compare
  4. 14 Viet Nam 0.0513 <$2.15 a day compare
  5. 15 Thailand 0.0486 <$2.15 a day compare
  6. 16 Dominican Republic 0.0476 <$2.15 a day compare

See the full ranking of 35 places β†’

More reference data data for Sri Lanka

All data for Sri Lanka β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -extreme poor in Sri Lanka?
Benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -extreme poor in Sri Lanka was 0.0631 <$2.15 a day in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -extreme poor recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.1198 <$2.15 a day in 2006.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -extreme poor recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0631 <$2.15 a day in 2019.
How does Sri Lanka rank for benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -extreme poor?
Sri Lanka ranks 13th out of 35 countries with data for 2019.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all private transfers -extreme poor rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day)
Unit
<$2.15 a day
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 346 data points, 2002–2023
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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Private Transfers programs (%)