Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile in El Salvador
El Salvador: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile was 0.141 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile in El Salvador, 2007–2022
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in El Salvador stood at 0.141. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 6.3% on the previous year and up 88.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in El Salvador peaked at 0.141 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.0575, in 2019.
That places El Salvador 26th out of 36 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 0.0639 | — |
| 2008 | 0.09 | +41.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0706 | -21.6% |
| 2010 | 0.063 | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 0.0813 | +29.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0747 | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0661 | -11.5% |
| 2015 | 0.0615 | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0663 | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0718 | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0627 | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0575 | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1326 | +130.5% |
| 2022 | 0.141 | +6.3% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.141 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.205, 69% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.141 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.1391, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +130.5% | 0.0575 | 0.1326 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0748 | 0.0639 | 0.09 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.0672 | 0.0575 | 0.0813 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.1368 | 0.1326 | 0.141 | 2 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More work & labour data for El Salvador
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes, annual -0.8531 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male, annual growth -0.8121 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female, annual growth -0.893 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population, annual growth rate 0.2563 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Urban population 5,984 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population 1,013 1000 No (2050)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Female 2,591 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Male 2,482 1000 No (2100)
- Population - Est. & Proj. — Total Population - Both sexes 5,073 1000 No (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in El Salvador?
- Benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in El Salvador was 0.141 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.141 in 2022.
- What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0575 in 2019.
- How does El Salvador rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile?
- El Salvador ranks 26th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
- Is benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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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