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

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile was 0.1772 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.1772
Change on year
down 4.1%
World rank
19th
of 36 countries
All-time high
0.2424
in 2017
All-time low
0.124
in 2009
Years of data
13
2008–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile in Uruguay, 2008–2022

00.050.10.150.20.252008201520222008: 0.1522009: 0.1242010: 0.1282011: 0.142012: 0.1432015: 0.1622016: 0.1732017: 0.2422018: 0.1792019: 0.242020: 0.1922021: 0.1852022: 0.177

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.1772 for benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.1% on the previous year and up 24.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in Uruguay peaked at 0.2424 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.124, in 2009.

That places Uruguay 19th 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 13 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - All Social Protection and Labor - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Uruguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.152
2009 0.124 -18.4%
2010 0.1282 +3.3%
2011 0.1398 +9.1%
2012 0.1427 +2.1%
2015 0.1618 +13.3%
2016 0.1725 +6.6%
2017 0.2424 +40.5%
2018 0.1794 -26.0%
2019 0.2403 +33.9%
2020 0.1919 -20.2%
2021 0.1847 -3.7%
2022 0.1772 -4.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.138 0.124 0.152 2
2010s 0.1759 0.1282 0.2424 8
2020s 0.1846 0.1772 0.1919 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 16 Viet Nam 0.2268 compare
  2. 17 Türkiye 0.2075 compare
  3. 18 Thailand 0.2024 compare
  4. 20 Sri Lanka 0.1698 compare
  5. 21 Argentina 0.167 compare
  6. 22 Dominican Republic 0.1667 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in Uruguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile in Uruguay was 0.1772 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.2424 in 2017.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.124 in 2009.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile?
Uruguay ranks 19th out of 36 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - all social protection and labor - 1st quintile rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.2%. 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 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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