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

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) was 0.1465 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.1465
Change on year
down 2.0%
World rank
17th
of 34 countries
All-time high
0.2216
in 2017
All-time low
0.1203
in 2009
Years of data
13
2008–2022

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

00.050.10.150.22008201520222008: 0.1232009: 0.122010: 0.1252011: 0.1362012: 0.1362015: 0.1352016: 0.1472017: 0.2222018: 0.1472019: 0.2192020: 0.1552021: 0.1492022: 0.146

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

The most recent figure for benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay is 0.1465, measured in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) in Uruguay peaked at 0.2216 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1203, in 2009.

Uruguay ranks 17th of 34 countries on this measure, 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) -urban in Uruguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.1228
2009 0.1203 -2.1%
2010 0.1249 +3.8%
2011 0.1359 +8.8%
2012 0.1363 +0.3%
2015 0.1352 -0.8%
2016 0.1468 +8.6%
2017 0.2216 +51.0%
2018 0.1475 -33.5%
2019 0.2186 +48.3%
2020 0.1547 -29.3%
2021 0.1494 -3.4%
2022 0.1465 -2.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1216 0.1203 0.1228 2
2010s 0.1583 0.1249 0.2216 8
2020s 0.1502 0.1465 0.1547 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 14 Türkiye 0.1978 compare
  2. 15 Chile 0.1907 compare
  3. 16 Viet Nam 0.1778 compare
  4. 18 Pakistan 0.1383 compare
  5. 19 Sri Lanka 0.1284 compare
  6. 20 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1269 compare

See the full ranking of 34 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 0.1465 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 0.2216 in 2017.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1203 in 2009.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social insurance - 1st quintile (poorest)?
Uruguay ranks 17th out of 34 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 7.5%. 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) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Insurance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
34 places, 347 data points, 2002–2023
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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Social Insurance programs (%)