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

Ecuador: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.4049 in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.4049
Change on year
up 11.6%
World rank
14th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.445
in 2011
All-time low
0.2885
in 2014
Years of data
13
2008–2022

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

00.10.20.30.42008201520222008: 0.3952010: 0.3982011: 0.4452012: 0.4262014: 0.2892015: 0.3242016: 0.392017: 0.3562018: 0.4052019: 0.3512020: 0.2892021: 0.3632022: 0.405

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Ecuador recorded 0.4049 for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.6% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Ecuador peaked at 0.445 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.2885, in 2014.

Ecuador ranks 14th 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) -urban in Ecuador, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.3946
2010 0.3977 +0.8%
2011 0.445 +11.9%
2012 0.4262 -4.2%
2014 0.2885 -32.3%
2015 0.3238 +12.2%
2016 0.3905 +20.6%
2017 0.3561 -8.8%
2018 0.405 +13.7%
2019 0.3512 -13.3%
2020 0.2888 -17.8%
2021 0.3629 +25.6%
2022 0.4049 +11.6%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3946 0.3946 0.3946 1
2010s 0.376 0.2885 0.445 9
2020s 0.3522 0.2888 0.4049 3

Countries ranked near Ecuador

  1. 11 Belarus 0.4486 compare
  2. 12 Sri Lanka 0.4459 compare
  3. 13 Brazil 0.429 compare
  4. 15 Kazakhstan 0.4002 compare
  5. 16 Armenia 0.391 compare
  6. 17 Romania 0.3882 compare

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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 0.4049 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 0.445 in 2011.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Ecuador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2885 in 2014.
How does Ecuador rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Ecuador ranks 14th 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 down 5.0%. 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) -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 (%)