Panama vs Peru: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile

Panama
0.3144 poorest
in 2023
Peru
0.3527 poorest
in 2022
Panama rank
24th
Peru rank
21st

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

  • Panama
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 0.3527 poorest against 0.3144 poorest in Panama, a difference of 0.0383 poorest.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Panama's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Peru has been ahead every year.

Panama ranks 24th and Peru ranks 21st of 35 countries.

Peru has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Panama Peru Difference Ahead
2000s 0.4303 poorest 0.6281 poorest 0.1978 poorest Peru
2010s 0.318 poorest 0.5974 poorest 0.2794 poorest Peru
2020s 0.2576 poorest 0.2873 poorest 0.0297 poorest Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile, Panama or Peru?
Peru, at 0.3527 poorest against 0.3144 poorest in Panama as of 2022.
What is the difference in benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile between Panama and Peru?
0.0383 poorest, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Peru?
13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2021.
How do Panama and Peru rank globally for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile?
Panama ranks 24th and Peru ranks 21st 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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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
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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)