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

Brazil: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.429 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.429
Change on year
up 8.1%
World rank
13th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.4727
in 2015
All-time low
0.253
in 2011
Years of data
11
2009–2022

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

00.10.20.30.40.52009201520222009: 0.2612011: 0.2532012: 0.2742015: 0.4732016: 0.4472017: 0.4472018: 0.4552019: 0.4422020: 0.4072021: 0.3972022: 0.429

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Brazil recorded 0.429 for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.1% on the previous year and up 56.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Brazil peaked at 0.4727 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.253, in 2011.

Brazil ranks 13th of 34 countries on this measure, 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) -urban in Brazil, 2009 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2009 0.2611
2011 0.253 -3.1%
2012 0.2736 +8.2%
2015 0.4727 +72.8%
2016 0.4473 -5.4%
2017 0.4472 -0.0%
2018 0.4555 +1.9%
2019 0.4417 -3.0%
2020 0.4074 -7.8%
2021 0.3967 -2.6%
2022 0.429 +8.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2611 0.2611 0.2611 1
2010s 0.3987 0.253 0.4727 7
2020s 0.411 0.3967 0.429 3

Countries ranked near Brazil

  1. 10 Republic of Moldova 0.4506 compare
  2. 11 Belarus 0.4486 compare
  3. 12 Sri Lanka 0.4459 compare
  4. 14 Ecuador 0.4049 compare
  5. 15 Kazakhstan 0.4002 compare
  6. 16 Armenia 0.391 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 Brazil?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Brazil was 0.429 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 0.4727 in 2015.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Brazil?
The lowest recorded value was 0.253 in 2011.
How does Brazil rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Brazil ranks 13th 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 56.8%. 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) -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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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)