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

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - Contributory Pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.1439 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.1439
Change on year
down 1.1%
World rank
16th
of 33 countries
All-time high
0.221
in 2017
All-time low
0.1174
in 2009
Years of data
13
2008–2022

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

00.050.10.150.22008201520222008: 0.1212009: 0.1172010: 0.1222011: 0.1322012: 0.1322015: 0.1322016: 0.1452017: 0.2212018: 0.1442019: 0.2192020: 0.1522021: 0.1462022: 0.144

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.1439 for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in 2022.

The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay peaked at 0.221 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1174, in 2009.

That places Uruguay 16th out of 33 countries with data for 2022, putting it 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 0.1192 0.1174 0.121 2
2010s 0.156 0.1223 0.221 8
2020s 0.1472 0.1439 0.1523 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 13 Türkiye 0.196 compare
  2. 14 Chile 0.1907 compare
  3. 15 Viet Nam 0.1778 compare
  4. 17 Pakistan 0.1383 compare
  5. 18 Sri Lanka 0.1284 compare
  6. 19 Côte d’Ivoire 0.1269 compare

See the full ranking of 33 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay was 0.1439 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.221 in 2017.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1174 in 2009.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Uruguay ranks 16th out of 33 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - contributory pensions - 1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. 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) -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
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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Contributory Pensions programs (%)