Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in Panama

Panama: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) was 0.0199 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.0199
Change on year
down 26.7%
World rank
29th
of 31 countries
All-time high
0.0338
in 2017
All-time low
0.0126
in 2014
Years of data
14
2008–2023

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in Panama, 2008–2023

00.010.020.032008201520232008: 0.0322009: 0.0262010: 0.0172011: 0.0152012: 0.0172013: 0.0142014: 0.0132015: 0.0262016: 0.0212017: 0.0342018: 0.0272019: 0.0262021: 0.0272023: 0.02

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Panama recorded 0.0199 for benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in 2023.

That represents a change of down 26.7% on the previous year and up 47.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in Panama peaked at 0.0338 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.0126, in 2014.

That places Panama 29th out of 31 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Panama, 2008 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2008 0.0317
2009 0.0256 -19.2%
2010 0.0167 -34.9%
2011 0.015 -9.7%
2012 0.0166 +10.3%
2013 0.0135 -18.4%
2014 0.0126 -6.7%
2015 0.026 +105.7%
2016 0.021 -19.3%
2017 0.0338 +61.1%
2018 0.0268 -20.8%
2019 0.0262 -2.1%
2021 0.0272 +3.5%
2023 0.0199 -26.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.0286 0.0256 0.0317 2
2010s 0.0208 0.0126 0.0338 10
2020s 0.0235 0.0199 0.0272 2

Countries ranked near Panama

  1. 26 Dominican Republic 0.0485 compare
  2. 27 Peru 0.04 compare
  3. 28 Ecuador 0.034 compare
  4. 30 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.0153 compare
  5. 31 Colombia 0.0111 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in Panama?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in Panama was 0.0199 in 2023, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Panama?
The highest recorded value was 0.0338 in 2017.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Panama?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0126 in 2014.
How does Panama rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest)?
Panama ranks 29th out of 31 countries with data for 2023.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Panama?
Over the last ten years it is up 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Panama data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 292 data points, 2002–2023
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