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

Paraguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) was 0.2584 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.2584
Change on year
up 13.2%
World rank
25th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.3547
in 2010
All-time low
0.1333
in 2011
Years of data
15
2008–2022

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

00.10.20.30.42008201520222008: 0.142009: 0.2962010: 0.3552011: 0.1332012: 0.2622013: 0.2272014: 0.2222015: 0.262016: 0.2392017: 0.2832018: 0.3432019: 0.3512020: 0.2522021: 0.2282022: 0.258

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Paraguay recorded 0.2584 for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in 2022.

That represents a change of up 13.2% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay peaked at 0.3547 in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.1333, in 2011.

That places Paraguay 25th 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 15 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Paraguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.1397
2009 0.2958 +111.7%
2010 0.3547 +19.9%
2011 0.1333 -62.4%
2012 0.262 +96.5%
2013 0.2273 -13.3%
2014 0.2224 -2.1%
2015 0.2602 +17.0%
2016 0.2386 -8.3%
2017 0.2834 +18.8%
2018 0.3427 +20.9%
2019 0.3508 +2.4%
2020 0.2519 -28.2%
2021 0.2283 -9.4%
2022 0.2584 +13.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2178 0.1397 0.2958 2
2010s 0.2676 0.1333 0.3547 10
2020s 0.2462 0.2283 0.2584 3

Countries ranked near Paraguay

  1. 22 Mexico 0.2752 compare
  2. 23 Viet Nam 0.2714 compare
  3. 24 Chile 0.2613 compare
  4. 26 Honduras 0.2564 compare
  5. 27 Panama 0.2545 compare
  6. 28 Thailand 0.2512 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Paraguay was 0.2584 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Paraguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.3547 in 2010.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Paraguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1333 in 2011.
How does Paraguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest)?
Paraguay ranks 25th out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Paraguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Paraguay 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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