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

Uruguay: Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile was 0.042 in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
0.042
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
25th
of 25 countries
All-time high
0.0567
in 2012
All-time low
0.042
in 2022
Years of data
9
2012–2022

Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Uruguay, 2012–2022

00.020.040.062012201720222012: 0.0572015: 0.052016: 0.0512017: 0.0492018: 0.0512019: 0.0482020: 0.0422021: 0.0432022: 0.042

Source: ASPIRE.

Analysis

Uruguay recorded 0.042 for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.

That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 26.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Uruguay peaked at 0.0567 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.042, in 2022.

That places Uruguay 25th out of 25 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Annual values for Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban in Uruguay, 2012 to 2022.
Year Value Change
2012 0.0567
2015 0.0495 -12.7%
2016 0.0507 +2.4%
2017 0.0491 -3.2%
2018 0.0508 +3.5%
2019 0.0477 -6.1%
2020 0.0424 -11.2%
2021 0.0428 +1.0%
2022 0.042 -1.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.0508 0.0477 0.0567 6
2020s 0.0424 0.042 0.0428 3

Countries ranked near Uruguay

  1. 22 Peru 0.2517 compare
  2. 23 Viet Nam 0.2453 compare
  3. 24 El Salvador 0.1743 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Uruguay?
Benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Uruguay was 0.042 in 2022, according to ASPIRE.
What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Uruguay?
The highest recorded value was 0.0567 in 2012.
What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Uruguay?
The lowest recorded value was 0.042 in 2022.
How does Uruguay rank for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile?
Uruguay ranks 25th out of 25 countries with data for 2022.
Is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile rising or falling in Uruguay?
Over the last ten years it is down 26.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay 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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