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

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile was 0.2272 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.2272
Change on year
down 2.7%
World rank
17th
of 31 countries
All-time high
0.2754
in 2017
All-time low
0.1712
in 2008
Years of data
13
2008–2022

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

00.10.20.32008201520222008: 0.1712009: 0.1722010: 0.1722011: 0.182012: 0.1752015: 0.1982016: 0.2072017: 0.2752018: 0.2192019: 0.2372020: 0.2272021: 0.2332022: 0.227

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.2272 for benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile in 2022.

That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile in Uruguay peaked at 0.2754 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.1712, in 2008.

That places Uruguay 17th out of 31 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 - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile in Uruguay, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Uruguay, 2008 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2008 0.1712
2009 0.1725 +0.7%
2010 0.1717 -0.5%
2011 0.1803 +5.0%
2012 0.1746 -3.2%
2015 0.1977 +13.3%
2016 0.2075 +4.9%
2017 0.2754 +32.8%
2018 0.2186 -20.6%
2019 0.2371 +8.5%
2020 0.2273 -4.1%
2021 0.2335 +2.7%
2022 0.2272 -2.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.1719 0.1712 0.1725 2
2010s 0.2079 0.1717 0.2754 8
2020s 0.2293 0.2272 0.2335 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 14 Costa Rica 0.2334 compare
  2. 15 Mexico 0.2322 compare
  3. 16 Ecuador 0.2302 compare
  4. 18 Paraguay 0.2181 compare
  5. 19 Argentina 0.218 compare
  6. 20 Pakistan 0.2176 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 0.2272 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 0.2754 in 2017.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1712 in 2008.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - domestic private transfers - 1st quintile?
Uruguay ranks 17th out of 31 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 up 30.2%. 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 - 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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