Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Uruguay

Uruguay: Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers was 16.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
16.4%
Change on year
up 1.8%
World rank
17th
of 31 countries
All-time high
19.7%
in 2009
All-time low
13.9%
in 2017
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Uruguay, 2008–2022

051015202008201520222008: 18.42009: 19.72010: 18.52011: 18.62012: 17.62015: 16.52016: 16.62017: 13.92018: 16.72019: 16.42020: 15.52021: 16.12022: 16.4

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 16.4% for adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in 2022.

That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in Uruguay peaked at 19.7% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 13.9%, in 2017.

That places Uruguay 17th out of 31 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.

Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban in Uruguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 18.4%
2009 19.7% +6.5%
2010 18.5% -5.7%
2011 18.6% +0.4%
2012 17.6% -5.3%
2015 16.5% -6.2%
2016 16.6% +0.6%
2017 13.9% -16.5%
2018 16.7% +20.6%
2019 16.4% -2.0%
2020 15.5% -5.7%
2021 16.1% +4.0%
2022 16.4% +1.8%

Uruguay compared with similar countries

  • Uruguay's 16.4% is below the median for high income countries, which is 17.2%, 95% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
  • Uruguay's 16.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 13.7%, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 19.0% 18.4% 19.7% 2
2010s 16.9% 13.9% 18.6% 8
2020s 16.0% 15.5% 16.4% 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 14 Türkiye 18.3% compare
  2. 15 Costa Rica 18.0% compare
  3. 16 Argentina 18.0% compare
  4. 18 Colombia 15.5% compare
  5. 19 Viet Nam 14.6% compare
  6. 20 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 14.2% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in Uruguay?
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers in Uruguay was 16.4% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 19.7% in 2009.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 13.9% in 2017.
How does Uruguay rank for adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers?
Uruguay ranks 17th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - domestic private transfers rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits in 4th quintile (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 316 data points, 2003–2023
Last refreshed

Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group