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

Colombia: Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.0304 in 2022. β–² Rising

Latest (2022)
0.0304
Change on year
down 32.0%
World rank
32nd
of 33 countries
All-time high
0.0448
in 2017
All-time low
0.0169
in 2011
Years of data
12
2010–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Colombia, 2010–2022

00.010.020.030.042010201620222010: 0.0272011: 0.0172012: 0.0212014: 0.0322015: 0.042016: 0.0412017: 0.0452018: 0.0422019: 0.0392020: 0.0412021: 0.0452022: 0.03

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Colombia stood at 0.0304.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 32.0% on the previous year and up 44.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Colombia peaked at 0.0448 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0169, in 2011.

Colombia ranks 32nd of 33 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.0338 0.0169 0.0448 9
2020s 0.0388 0.0304 0.0447 3

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 29 Ecuador 0.051 compare
  2. 30 El Salvador 0.0354 compare
  3. 31 Paraguay 0.0337 compare
  4. 33 Honduras 0.0298 compare

See the full ranking of 33 places β†’

More reference data data for Colombia

All data for Colombia β†’

Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Colombia?
Benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Colombia was 0.0304 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 0.0448 in 2017.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0169 in 2011.
How does Colombia rank for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Colombia ranks 32nd out of 33 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
33 places, 342 data points, 2002–2023
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Contributory Pensions programs (%)