Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile in Colombia

Colombia: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile was 0.0326 in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.0326
Change on year
down 30.8%
World rank
36th
of 36 countries
All-time high
0.0638
in 2015
All-time low
0.0326
in 2022
Years of data
12
2010–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile in Colombia, 2010–2022

00.020.040.062010201620222010: 0.0532011: 0.042012: 0.0422014: 0.052015: 0.0642016: 0.0622017: 0.0462018: 0.0442019: 0.0412020: 0.0512021: 0.0472022: 0.033

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Colombia recorded 0.0326 for benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 30.8% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in Colombia peaked at 0.0638 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0326, in 2022.

That places Colombia 36th out of 36 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile in Colombia, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Colombia, 2010 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2010 0.0533
2011 0.0398 -25.3%
2012 0.0421 +5.8%
2014 0.0503 +19.4%
2015 0.0638 +26.9%
2016 0.062 -2.9%
2017 0.0465 -25.0%
2018 0.0437 -5.9%
2019 0.0407 -6.8%
2020 0.0507 +24.5%
2021 0.0471 -7.1%
2022 0.0326 -30.8%

Colombia compared with similar countries

  • Colombia's 0.0326 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.205, 16% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
  • Colombia's 0.0326 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1391, 23% of the median. (15 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.0491 0.0398 0.0638 9
2020s 0.0435 0.0326 0.0507 3

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 33 Ecuador 0.0937 compare
  2. 34 South Africa 0.0521 compare
  3. 35 Honduras 0.0441 compare

See the full ranking of 36 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in Colombia?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in Colombia was 0.0326 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 0.0638 in 2015.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0326 in 2022.
How does Colombia rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile?
Colombia ranks 36th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Colombia data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
36 places, 367 data points, 2002–2023
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