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

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) was 0.4736 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.4736
Change on year
down 8.5%
World rank
4th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.5177
in 2021
All-time low
0.1851
in 2012
Years of data
10
2008–2022

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

00.20.40.62008201520222008: 0.3922012: 0.1852015: 0.4222016: 0.3972017: 0.4412018: 0.4652019: 0.4632020: 0.4922021: 0.5182022: 0.474

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.4736 for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in 2022.

That represents a change of down 8.5% on the previous year and up 155.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay peaked at 0.5177 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.1851, in 2012.

Uruguay ranks 4th of 34 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 10 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Uruguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.3919
2012 0.1851 -52.8%
2015 0.4224 +128.2%
2016 0.397 -6.0%
2017 0.4406 +11.0%
2018 0.4647 +5.5%
2019 0.463 -0.4%
2020 0.4918 +6.2%
2021 0.5177 +5.3%
2022 0.4736 -8.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3919 0.3919 0.3919 1
2010s 0.3955 0.1851 0.4647 6
2020s 0.4943 0.4736 0.5177 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 1 Kosovo 0.6255 compare
  2. 1 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.6255 compare
  3. 3 Belarus 0.5163 compare
  4. 5 Armenia 0.4537 compare
  5. 6 Poland 0.4485 compare
  6. 7 Türkiye 0.44 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay was 0.4736 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.5177 in 2021.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1851 in 2012.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest)?
Uruguay ranks 4th out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 155.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay 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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