Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile was 0.2334 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.2334
Change on year
up 10.7%
World rank
14th
of 31 countries
All-time high
0.2436
in 2020
All-time low
0.1598
in 2010
Years of data
13
2008–2022

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

00.050.10.150.20.252008201520222008: 0.2112010: 0.162011: 0.2032012: 0.1652014: 0.2132015: 0.2162016: 0.2122017: 0.1962018: 0.2182019: 0.2232020: 0.2442021: 0.2112022: 0.233

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica stood at 0.2334.

That represents a change of up 10.7% on the previous year and up 41.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica peaked at 0.2436 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1598, in 2010.

Costa Rica ranks 14th of 31 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 - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Costa Rica, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.2111
2010 0.1598 -24.3%
2011 0.2031 +27.1%
2012 0.1645 -19.0%
2014 0.2131 +29.5%
2015 0.2163 +1.5%
2016 0.2122 -1.9%
2017 0.1964 -7.4%
2018 0.218 +11.0%
2019 0.2228 +2.2%
2020 0.2436 +9.4%
2021 0.2108 -13.5%
2022 0.2334 +10.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.2111 0.2111 0.2111 1
2010s 0.2007 0.1598 0.2228 9
2020s 0.2293 0.2108 0.2436 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 11 Colombia 0.2409 compare
  2. 12 Sri Lanka 0.2363 compare
  3. 13 El Salvador 0.2345 compare
  4. 15 Mexico 0.2322 compare
  5. 16 Ecuador 0.2302 compare
  6. 17 Uruguay 0.2272 compare

See the full ranking of 31 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica?
Benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica was 0.2334 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.2436 in 2020.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1598 in 2010.
How does Costa Rica rank for benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile?
Costa Rica ranks 14th out of 31 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
31 places, 316 data points, 2003–2023
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