Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r in Uruguay

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r was 0.2893 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.2893
Change on year
up 6.1%
World rank
11th
of 29 countries
All-time high
0.3105
in 2017
All-time low
0.2066
in 2009
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r in Uruguay, 2008–2022

00.10.20.32008201520222008: 0.2432009: 0.2072010: 0.2472011: 0.2232012: 0.2812015: 0.2912016: 0.2952017: 0.312018: 0.3082019: 0.2842020: 0.2972021: 0.2732022: 0.289

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r in Uruguay stood at 0.2893.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.1% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r in Uruguay peaked at 0.3105 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.2066, in 2009.

Uruguay ranks 11th of 29 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2247 0.2066 0.2429 2
2010s 0.2801 0.2233 0.3105 8
2020s 0.2864 0.2726 0.2974 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 8 Kazakhstan 0.3689 compare
  2. 9 Mongolia 0.3599 compare
  3. 10 Armenia 0.3262 compare
  4. 12 Chile 0.259 compare
  5. 13 Vietnam 0.1983 compare
  6. 14 Pakistan 0.1943 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r in Uruguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r in Uruguay was 0.2893 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.3105 in 2017.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2066 in 2009.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r?
Uruguay ranks 11th out of 29 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -r rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. 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 - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions -1st quintile (poorest) -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 287 data points, 2002–2023
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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Contributory Pensions programs (%)