Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Argentina

Argentina: Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile was 0.5308 in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.5308
Change on year
down 2.8%
World rank
7th
of 25 countries
All-time high
0.5701
in 2019
All-time low
0.384
in 2020
Years of data
7
2016–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Argentina, 2016–2022

00.20.40.62016201920222016: 0.5622017: 0.5512018: 0.5692019: 0.572020: 0.3842021: 0.5462022: 0.531

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Argentina recorded 0.5308 for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in 2022.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.

That places Argentina 7th out of 25 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.

Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Argentina, year by year

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Argentina, 2016 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2016 0.5624
2017 0.5507 -2.1%
2018 0.5691 +3.4%
2019 0.5701 +0.2%
2020 0.384 -32.6%
2021 0.5463 +42.3%
2022 0.5308 -2.8%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.5631 0.5507 0.5701 4
2020s 0.487 0.384 0.5463 3

Countries ranked near Argentina

  1. 4 Kosovo 0.5861
  2. 4 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.5861
  3. 6 Türkiye 0.575
  4. 8 Kazakhstan 0.5058 compare
  5. 9 Belarus 0.4979
  6. 10 Sri Lanka 0.4896

See the full ranking of 25 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Argentina?
Benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Argentina was 0.5308 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Argentina?
The highest recorded value was 0.5701 in 2019.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Argentina?
The lowest recorded value was 0.384 in 2020.
How does Argentina rank for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile?
Argentina ranks 7th out of 25 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile rising or falling in Argentina?
Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Argentina data come from?
The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban
Source
ASPIRE
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
25 places, 211 data points, 2004–2022
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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Cash Transfers programs (%)