Argentina vs Costa Rica: Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile
Argentina
0.5308 poorest
in 2022
Costa Rica
0.5765 poorest
in 2022
Argentina rank
7th
Costa Rica rank
5th
Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers -1st quintile over time
- Argentina
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.5765 poorest against 0.5308 poorest in Argentina, a difference of 0.0457 poorest.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Argentina's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Argentina ranks 7th and Costa Rica ranks 5th of 26 countries.
Argentina has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5631 poorest | 0.5624 poorest | 0.0006 poorest | Argentina |
| 2020s | 0.487 poorest | 0.4781 poorest | 0.009 poorest | Argentina |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers -1st quintile, Argentina or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.5765 poorest against 0.5308 poorest in Argentina as of 2022.
- What is the difference in benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers -1st quintile between Argentina and Costa Rica?
- 0.0457 poorest, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Costa Rica?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2016 to 2022.
- How do Argentina and Costa Rica rank globally for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers -1st quintile?
- Argentina ranks 7th and Costa Rica ranks 5th of 26 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ASPIRE, published as Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers -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
Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Cash Transfers programs (%)