Costa Rica vs Paraguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile

Costa Rica
0.1092
in 2022
Paraguay
0.0957
in 2022
Costa Rica rank
31st
Paraguay rank
32nd

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Paraguay
0.0250.050.0750.10.1250.15200720142022

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 0.1092 against 0.0957 in Paraguay, a difference of 0.0135.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Paraguay's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 31st and Paraguay ranks 32nd of 36 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Paraguay Difference Ahead
2000s 0.1508 0.0736 0.0772 Costa Rica
2010s 0.1045 0.0817 0.0228 Costa Rica
2020s 0.1204 0.1105 0.0099 Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile, Costa Rica or Paraguay?
Costa Rica, at 0.1092 against 0.0957 in Paraguay as of 2022.
What is the difference in benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile between Costa Rica and Paraguay?
0.0135, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Paraguay?
13 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do Costa Rica and Paraguay rank globally for benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile?
Costa Rica ranks 31st and Paraguay ranks 32nd of 36 countries.
Where does this data come from?
ASPIRE, published as Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 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 Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 367 data points, 2002–2023
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