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
Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Costa Rica, 2010–2022
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
| 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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5619 | 0.4272 | 0.6522 | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.5274 | 0.319 | 0.6483 | 3 |
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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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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Cash Transfers programs (%)