Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile in Uruguay

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile was 0.2552 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.2552
Change on year
down 13.8%
World rank
9th
of 30 countries
All-time high
0.3457
in 2015
All-time low
0.2233
in 2016
Years of data
12
2008–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile in Uruguay, 2008–2022

00.10.20.32008201520222008: 0.2772009: 0.2252010: 0.2282011: 0.2652012: 0.2682015: 0.3462016: 0.2232017: 0.2922018: 0.2852019: 0.32020: 0.2962022: 0.255

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers -1st quintile in Uruguay stood at 0.2552.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.8% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers -1st quintile in Uruguay peaked at 0.3457 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2233, in 2016.

That places Uruguay 9th out of 30 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural in Uruguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.2771
2009 0.2247 -18.9%
2010 0.2278 +1.4%
2011 0.2655 +16.5%
2012 0.2677 +0.8%
2015 0.3457 +29.1%
2016 0.2233 -35.4%
2017 0.292 +30.8%
2018 0.2845 -2.6%
2019 0.2997 +5.3%
2020 0.296 -1.2%
2022 0.2552 -13.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2509 0.2247 0.2771 2
2010s 0.2758 0.2233 0.3457 8
2020s 0.2756 0.2552 0.296 2

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 6 Dominican Republic 0.2995 compare
  2. 7 Chile 0.2944 compare
  3. 8 Paraguay 0.2739 compare
  4. 10 Armenia 0.2467 compare
  5. 11 Sri Lanka 0.2431 compare
  6. 12 Türkiye 0.2411 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers -1st quintile in Uruguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers -1st quintile in Uruguay was 0.2552 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers -1st quintile recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.3457 in 2015.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers -1st quintile recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2233 in 2016.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers -1st quintile?
Uruguay ranks 9th out of 30 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers -1st quintile rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. 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 - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers -1st quintile (poorest) -rural
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
30 places, 295 data points, 2003–2023
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