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

Poland: Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile was 0.4798 in 2019. ▼ Falling

Latest (2019)
0.4798
Change on year
down 13.7%
World rank
11th
of 25 countries
All-time high
0.682
in 2015
All-time low
0.4798
in 2019
Years of data
12
2005–2019

Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Poland, 2005–2019

00.20.40.62005201220192005: 0.592006: 0.5972007: 0.6162008: 0.6182009: 0.6252010: 0.672011: 0.6742012: 0.652015: 0.6822016: 0.6222017: 0.5562019: 0.48

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

The most recent figure for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Poland is 0.4798, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.

That represents a change of down 13.7% on the previous year and down 23.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Poland peaked at 0.682 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.4798, in 2019.

That places Poland 11th out of 25 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.

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

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Poland, 2005 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2005 0.5904
2006 0.5969 +1.1%
2007 0.6155 +3.1%
2008 0.6178 +0.4%
2009 0.6246 +1.1%
2010 0.6703 +7.3%
2011 0.6739 +0.5%
2012 0.6501 -3.5%
2015 0.682 +4.9%
2016 0.6217 -8.8%
2017 0.5562 -10.5%
2019 0.4798 -13.7%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.609 0.5904 0.6246 5
2010s 0.6191 0.4798 0.682 7

Countries ranked near Poland

  1. 8 Kazakhstan 0.5058 compare
  2. 9 Belarus 0.4979 compare
  3. 10 Sri Lanka 0.4896 compare
  4. 12 Kyrgyzstan 0.4789 compare
  5. 13 Republic of Moldova 0.459 compare
  6. 14 Romania 0.4395 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Poland?
Benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Poland was 0.4798 in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Poland?
The highest recorded value was 0.682 in 2015.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Poland?
The lowest recorded value was 0.4798 in 2019.
How does Poland rank for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile?
Poland ranks 11th out of 25 countries with data for 2019.
Is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile rising or falling in Poland?
Over the last ten years it is down 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Poland 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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