Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest)

Costa Rica
0.4589
in 2022
Uruguay
0.4748
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
9th
Uruguay rank
7th

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Uruguay
0.20.30.40.5200820152022

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 0.4748 against 0.4589 in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0159.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 10 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 9th and Uruguay ranks 7th of 34 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Uruguay Difference Ahead
2000s 0.493 0.3997 0.0933 Costa Rica
2010s 0.429 0.4039 0.025 Costa Rica
2020s 0.4177 0.4706 0.0529 Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest), Costa Rica or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 0.4748 against 0.4589 in Costa Rica as of 2022.
What is the difference in benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
0.0159, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
10 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Costa Rica ranks 9th and Uruguay ranks 7th of 34 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 340 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)