Brazil vs Costa Rica: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile

Brazil
0.4264 poorest
in 2022
Costa Rica
0.4446 poorest
in 2022
Brazil rank
12th
Costa Rica rank
9th

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

  • Brazil
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.4446 poorest against 0.4264 poorest in Brazil, a difference of 0.0182 poorest.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2011 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Brazil ranks 12th and Costa Rica ranks 9th of 35 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Costa Rica Difference Ahead
2010s 0.3863 poorest 0.4021 poorest 0.0157 poorest Costa Rica
2020s 0.4035 poorest 0.4146 poorest 0.0111 poorest Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile, Brazil or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 0.4446 poorest against 0.4264 poorest in Brazil as of 2022.
What is the difference in benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile between Brazil and Costa Rica?
0.0182 poorest, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Costa Rica?
10 years are reported by both, from 2011 to 2022.
How do Brazil and Costa Rica rank globally for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile?
Brazil ranks 12th and Costa Rica ranks 9th of 35 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest)
Unit
poorest
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 348 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

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