Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile over time
- Costa Rica
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 43.4% against 31.8% in Costa Rica, a difference of 11.6%.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Uruguay ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 6th and Uruguay ranks 4th of 35 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.5% | 35.2% | 7.7% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 29.8% | 36.4% | 6.5% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 28.6% | 42.8% | 14.2% | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 43.4% against 31.8% in Costa Rica as of 2022.
- What is the difference in benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 11.6%, 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 incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile?
- Costa Rica ranks 6th and Uruguay ranks 4th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB), published as Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile (% of total safety net benefits). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile shows the percentage of total social safety net benefits received by the poorest 20% of the population. Social safety net programs include cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.