Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural was 16.9% in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
16.9%
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
9th
of 24 countries
All-time high
30.2%
in 2020
All-time low
8.9%
in 2012
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural in Costa Rica, 2008–2022

10152025302008201520222008: 12.72010: 9.52011: 92012: 8.92014: 18.62015: 16.82016: 18.92017: 16.82018: 16.42019: 16.32020: 30.22021: 17.12022: 16.9

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 16.9% for adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers -rural in 2022.

That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 90.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers -rural in Costa Rica peaked at 30.2% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8.9%, in 2012.

That places Costa Rica 9th out of 24 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 12.7%
2010 9.5% -25.4%
2011 9.0% -5.3%
2012 8.9% -1.3%
2014 18.6% +110.1%
2015 16.8% -9.6%
2016 18.9% +12.6%
2017 16.8% -11.1%
2018 16.4% -2.6%
2019 16.3% -0.3%
2020 30.2% +84.8%
2021 17.1% -43.4%
2022 16.9% -1.0%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 16.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2.5%, 6.7× the median. (6 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 16.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 16.5%, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural in Costa Rica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2014 +110.1% 8.9% 18.6%
2020 +84.8% 16.3% 30.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 12.7% 12.7% 12.7% 1
2010s 14.6% 8.9% 18.9% 9
2020s 21.4% 16.9% 30.2% 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 6 Poland 25.1% compare
  2. 7 Serbia 24.2% compare
  3. 8 Kazakhstan 18.1% compare
  4. 10 Kyrgyzstan 16.8% compare
  5. 11 Moldova 16.7% compare
  6. 12 Romania 16.5% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers -rural in Costa Rica?
Adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers -rural in Costa Rica was 16.9% in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers -rural recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 30.2% in 2020.
What is the lowest adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers -rural recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 8.9% in 2012.
How does Costa Rica rank for adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers -rural?
Costa Rica ranks 9th out of 24 countries with data for 2022.
Is adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers -rural rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 90.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
24 places, 202 data points, 2004–2022
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