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

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) was 0.291 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.291
Change on year
up 4.9%
World rank
13th
of 31 countries
All-time high
0.3108
in 2018
All-time low
0.2075
in 2009
Years of data
13
2008–2022

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

00.10.20.32008201520222008: 0.2432009: 0.2082010: 0.2492011: 0.2262012: 0.2832015: 0.2882016: 0.2972017: 0.312018: 0.3112019: 0.2842020: 0.2992021: 0.2772022: 0.291

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.291 for benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay peaked at 0.3108 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.2075, in 2009.

That places Uruguay 13th out of 31 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Uruguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.2428
2009 0.2075 -14.5%
2010 0.2487 +19.8%
2011 0.2264 -8.9%
2012 0.2833 +25.1%
2015 0.2879 +1.6%
2016 0.2974 +3.3%
2017 0.3105 +4.4%
2018 0.3108 +0.1%
2019 0.2837 -8.7%
2020 0.2994 +5.6%
2021 0.2774 -7.4%
2022 0.291 +4.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2251 0.2075 0.2428 2
2010s 0.2811 0.2264 0.3108 8
2020s 0.2893 0.2774 0.2994 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 11 Mongolia 0.3591 compare
  2. 12 Armenia 0.3262 compare
  3. 14 Chile 0.259 compare
  4. 15 Viet Nam 0.1983 compare
  5. 16 Pakistan 0.1943 compare

See the full ranking of 31 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay was 0.291 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.3108 in 2018.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2075 in 2009.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest)?
Uruguay ranks 13th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance -1st quintile (poorest) rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Uruguay 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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