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

Ecuador: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) was 0.2791 in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.2791
Change on year
up 38.5%
World rank
20th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.3194
in 2016
All-time low
0.1671
in 2020
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Ecuador, 2008–2022

00.10.20.32008201520222008: 0.2622010: 0.2542011: 0.2522012: 0.272014: 0.2662015: 0.2642016: 0.3192017: 0.2492018: 0.2652019: 0.2192020: 0.1672021: 0.2022022: 0.279

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Ecuador stood at 0.2791.

That represents a change of up 38.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Ecuador peaked at 0.3194 in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.1671, in 2020.

Ecuador ranks 20th of 34 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Ecuador, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.2618
2010 0.2542 -2.9%
2011 0.2521 -0.8%
2012 0.2705 +7.3%
2014 0.2664 -1.5%
2015 0.2643 -0.8%
2016 0.3194 +20.8%
2017 0.249 -22.1%
2018 0.265 +6.4%
2019 0.2193 -17.3%
2020 0.1671 -23.8%
2021 0.2015 +20.6%
2022 0.2791 +38.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2618 0.2618 0.2618 1
2010s 0.2623 0.2193 0.3194 9
2020s 0.2159 0.1671 0.2791 3

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 17 Georgia 0.315 compare
  2. 18 Indonesia 0.3146 compare
  3. 19 Pakistan 0.3116 compare
  4. 21 El Salvador 0.2777 compare
  5. 22 Mexico 0.2752 compare
  6. 23 Viet Nam 0.2714 compare

See the full ranking of 34 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Ecuador?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Ecuador was 0.2791 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Ecuador?
The highest recorded value was 0.3194 in 2016.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1671 in 2020.
How does Ecuador rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest)?
Ecuador ranks 20th out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Ecuador?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Ecuador 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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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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