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

Colombia: Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile was 0.2815 in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.2815
Change on year
up 15.5%
World rank
20th
of 25 countries
All-time high
0.4009
in 2012
All-time low
0.1726
in 2014
Years of data
10
2011–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Colombia, 2011–2022

00.10.20.30.42011201620222011: 0.2972012: 0.4012014: 0.1732016: 0.2672017: 0.2692018: 0.2532019: 0.2412020: 0.2452021: 0.2442022: 0.282

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

In 2022, benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Colombia stood at 0.2815.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.5% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Colombia peaked at 0.4009 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.1726, in 2014.

Colombia ranks 20th of 25 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 10 years of available data.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Colombia, 2011 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2011 0.2968
2012 0.4009 +35.1%
2014 0.1726 -56.9%
2016 0.2668 +54.6%
2017 0.269 +0.8%
2018 0.2532 -5.9%
2019 0.2413 -4.7%
2020 0.2445 +1.3%
2021 0.2438 -0.3%
2022 0.2815 +15.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.2715 0.1726 0.4009 7
2020s 0.2566 0.2438 0.2815 3

Countries ranked near Colombia

  1. 17 Armenia 0.3941 compare
  2. 18 Pakistan 0.3803 compare
  3. 19 Mongolia 0.3562 compare
  4. 21 Indonesia 0.2539 compare
  5. 22 Peru 0.2517 compare
  6. 23 Viet Nam 0.2453 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Colombia?
Benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Colombia was 0.2815 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Colombia?
The highest recorded value was 0.4009 in 2012.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Colombia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1726 in 2014.
How does Colombia rank for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile?
Colombia ranks 20th out of 25 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile rising or falling in Colombia?
Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Colombia 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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