Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Brazil

Brazil: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) was 0.3496 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.3496
Change on year
up 14.7%
World rank
16th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.3496
in 2022
All-time low
0.1547
in 2012
Years of data
11
2009–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Brazil, 2009–2022

00.10.20.32009201520222009: 0.1782011: 0.162012: 0.1552015: 0.3142016: 0.3412017: 0.3462018: 0.3452019: 0.3372020: 0.3292021: 0.3052022: 0.35

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 0.3496 for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in 2022. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.

The figure is up 14.7% on the previous year and up 126.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Brazil peaked at 0.3496 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.1547, in 2012.

That places Brazil 16th out of 34 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Brazil, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Brazil, 2009 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2009 0.1782
2011 0.1596 -10.5%
2012 0.1547 -3.1%
2015 0.3142 +103.1%
2016 0.3406 +8.4%
2017 0.3456 +1.5%
2018 0.3451 -0.1%
2019 0.3374 -2.2%
2020 0.3294 -2.4%
2021 0.3047 -7.5%
2022 0.3496 +14.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1782 0.1782 0.1782 1
2010s 0.2853 0.1547 0.3456 7
2020s 0.3279 0.3047 0.3496 3

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 13 Mongolia 0.3928 compare
  2. 14 Costa Rica 0.3739 compare
  3. 15 Sri Lanka 0.3731 compare
  4. 17 Georgia 0.315 compare
  5. 18 Indonesia 0.3146 compare
  6. 19 Pakistan 0.3116 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Brazil?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Brazil was 0.3496 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Brazil?
The highest recorded value was 0.3496 in 2022.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1547 in 2012.
How does Brazil rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest)?
Brazil ranks 16th out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Brazil?
Over the last ten years it is up 126.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brazil data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 329 data points, 2004–2023
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