Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile was 0.6483 in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)
0.6483
Change on year
up 5.4%
World rank
1st
of 25 countries
All-time high
0.6522
in 2017
All-time low
0.319
in 2020
Years of data
12
2010–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica, 2010–2022

00.20.40.62010201620222010: 0.4832011: 0.4272012: 0.5382014: 0.5882015: 0.622016: 0.6492017: 0.6522018: 0.5342019: 0.5662020: 0.3192021: 0.6152022: 0.648

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

The most recent figure for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica is 0.6483, measured in 2022.

That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica peaked at 0.6522 in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.319, in 2020.

Costa Rica ranks 1st of 25 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Costa Rica, 2010 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2010 0.4828
2011 0.4272 -11.5%
2012 0.5378 +25.9%
2014 0.5879 +9.3%
2015 0.6203 +5.5%
2016 0.649 +4.6%
2017 0.6522 +0.5%
2018 0.5342 -18.1%
2019 0.5661 +6.0%
2020 0.319 -43.7%
2021 0.6148 +92.7%
2022 0.6483 +5.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.5619 0.4272 0.6522 9
2020s 0.5274 0.319 0.6483 3

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 2 Serbia 0.624 compare
  2. 3 Georgia 0.593 compare
  3. 4 Kosovo 0.5861 compare
  4. 4 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.5861 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica?
Benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica was 0.6483 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.6522 in 2017.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.319 in 2020.
How does Costa Rica rank for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile?
Costa Rica ranks 1st out of 25 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. 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 - 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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