Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile was 0.3873 poorest in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
0.3873 poorest
Change on year
down 1.4%
World rank
16th
of 35 countries
All-time high
0.4198 poorest
in 2009
All-time low
0.3241 poorest
in 2012
Years of data
5
2006–2019

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Sri Lanka, 2006–2019

00.10.20.30.42006201220192006: 0.359 poorest2009: 0.42 poorest2012: 0.324 poorest2016: 0.393 poorest2019: 0.387 poorest

Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.

Analysis

In 2019, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile in Sri Lanka stood at 0.3873 poorest.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.4198 poorest in 2009 and was at its lowest, 0.3241 poorest, in 2012.

Sri Lanka ranks 16th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest) in Sri Lanka, 2006 to 2019.
Year poorest Change
2006 0.3589 poorest
2009 0.4198 poorest +17.0%
2012 0.3241 poorest -22.8%
2016 0.3927 poorest +21.2%
2019 0.3873 poorest -1.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3893 poorest 0.3589 poorest 0.4198 poorest 2
2010s 0.368 poorest 0.3241 poorest 0.3927 poorest 3

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 13 Armenia 0.4251 poorest compare
  2. 14 Kazakhstan 0.41 poorest compare
  3. 15 Romania 0.3928 poorest compare
  4. 17 Mongolia 0.3769 poorest compare
  5. 18 Paraguay 0.3649 poorest compare
  6. 19 Ecuador 0.3621 poorest compare

See the full ranking of 35 places →

More work & labour data for Sri Lanka

All data for Sri Lanka →

Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile in Sri Lanka?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile in Sri Lanka was 0.3873 poorest in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 0.4198 poorest in 2009.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 0.3241 poorest in 2012.
How does Sri Lanka rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile?
Sri Lanka ranks 16th out of 35 countries with data for 2019.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social assistance -1st quintile rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 5 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Sri Lanka. Statizoid, drawing on ASPIRE. Retrieved 05 September 2026, from https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/benefit-cost-ratio-all-social-assistance-1st-quintile-poorest/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://labour.statizoid.com/stat/benefit-cost-ratio-all-social-assistance-1st-quintile-poorest/sri-lanka/">Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Sri Lanka</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest)
Unit
poorest
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
35 places, 348 data points, 2004–2023
Last refreshed

Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Assistance programs (%)