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

Armenia: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.391 in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.391
Change on year
down 20.7%
World rank
16th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.53
in 2018
All-time low
0.3503
in 2020
Years of data
15
2008–2022

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

00.20.40.62008201520222008: 0.4442009: 0.4652010: 0.4672011: 0.4242012: 0.4552013: 0.412014: 0.4232015: 0.4052016: 0.4382017: 0.4932018: 0.532019: 0.3822020: 0.352021: 0.4932022: 0.391

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Armenia stood at 0.391.

The figure is down 20.7% on the previous year and down 14.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Armenia peaked at 0.53 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.3503, in 2020.

Armenia ranks 16th of 34 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Armenia, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.4442
2009 0.4645 +4.6%
2010 0.4668 +0.5%
2011 0.424 -9.2%
2012 0.4551 +7.3%
2013 0.4097 -10.0%
2014 0.4234 +3.3%
2015 0.4049 -4.4%
2016 0.4378 +8.1%
2017 0.493 +12.6%
2018 0.53 +7.5%
2019 0.3816 -28.0%
2020 0.3503 -8.2%
2021 0.4931 +40.8%
2022 0.391 -20.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.4544 0.4442 0.4645 2
2010s 0.4426 0.3816 0.53 10
2020s 0.4114 0.3503 0.4931 3

Countries ranked near Armenia

  1. 13 Brazil 0.429 compare
  2. 14 Ecuador 0.4049 compare
  3. 15 Kazakhstan 0.4002 compare
  4. 17 Romania 0.3882 compare
  5. 18 Paraguay 0.38 compare
  6. 19 Indonesia 0.3773 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Armenia?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Armenia was 0.391 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Armenia?
The highest recorded value was 0.53 in 2018.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Armenia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3503 in 2020.
How does Armenia rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Armenia ranks 16th out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Armenia?
Over the last ten years it is down 14.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Armenia data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 340 data points, 2004–2023
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