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

Peru: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.3143 in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.3143
Change on year
up 21.3%
World rank
26th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.7961
in 2008
All-time low
0.2439
in 2020
Years of data
15
2008–2022

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

0.20.40.60.82008201520222008: 0.7962009: 0.7482010: 0.6572011: 0.7182012: 0.7412013: 0.7032014: 0.682015: 0.6372016: 0.6052017: 0.5972018: 0.4082019: 0.442020: 0.2442021: 0.2592022: 0.314

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Peru recorded 0.3143 for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.3% on the previous year and down 57.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Peru peaked at 0.7961 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.2439, in 2020.

Peru ranks 26th of 34 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

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 Peru, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Peru, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.7961
2009 0.7477 -6.1%
2010 0.6565 -12.2%
2011 0.7184 +9.4%
2012 0.7405 +3.1%
2013 0.7034 -5.0%
2014 0.6798 -3.3%
2015 0.6371 -6.3%
2016 0.6047 -5.1%
2017 0.597 -1.3%
2018 0.4084 -31.6%
2019 0.4404 +7.8%
2020 0.2439 -44.6%
2021 0.2592 +6.3%
2022 0.3143 +21.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.7719 0.7477 0.7961 2
2010s 0.6186 0.4084 0.7405 10
2020s 0.2725 0.2439 0.3143 3

Countries ranked near Peru

  1. 23 El Salvador 0.3377 compare
  2. 24 Colombia 0.3209 compare
  3. 25 Panama 0.3193 compare
  4. 27 Thailand 0.2772 compare
  5. 28 Dominican Republic 0.2521 compare
  6. 29 Viet Nam 0.2463 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 Peru?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Peru was 0.3143 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Peru?
The highest recorded value was 0.7961 in 2008.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Peru?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2439 in 2020.
How does Peru rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Peru ranks 26th out of 34 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Peru?
Over the last ten years it is down 57.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Peru 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 (%)