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Opportunity cost

Quality:

Opportunity cost - when presented with multiple opportunities, the cost of making a certain choice in comparison to its alternatives. Article “Opportunity cost” in Simple English Wikipedia has 23.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 1 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
The 6917th most popular in Simple English Wikipedia.

Since the creation of article “Opportunity cost”, its content was written by 18 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1436 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 13 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3757 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #330 in October 2015
  • Global: #3797 in February 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #1278 in June 2020
  • Global: #4490 in September 2014

There are 44 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Opportunity cost
57.8331
2Hindi (hi)
अवसर लागत
40.5353
3German (de)
Opportunitätskosten
39.2218
4Chinese (zh)
机会成本
24.9003
5Azerbaijani (az)
Fürsət xərci
24.8341
6Tamil (ta)
சந்தர்ப்பச்செலவு
24.1892
7Simple English (simple)
Opportunity cost
23.9276
8Ukrainian (uk)
Альтернативна вартість
22.2893
9Russian (ru)
Альтернативные издержки
20.6773
10Polish (pl)
Koszt alternatywny
19.7615
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Opportunity cost" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Opportunity cost
9 209 399
2Spanish (es)
Coste de oportunidad
2 996 720
3German (de)
Opportunitätskosten
2 099 100
4Russian (ru)
Альтернативные издержки
1 205 697
5Portuguese (pt)
Custo de oportunidade
1 103 150
6Indonesian (id)
Biaya peluang
992 442
7Chinese (zh)
机会成本
866 712
8French (fr)
Coût d'opportunité
670 402
9Japanese (ja)
機会費用
608 385
10Polish (pl)
Koszt alternatywny
526 742
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Opportunity cost" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Opportunity cost
6 721
2German (de)
Opportunitätskosten
1 518
3Chinese (zh)
机会成本
1 035
4Korean (ko)
기회비용
1 016
5Japanese (ja)
機会費用
670
6Spanish (es)
Coste de oportunidad
640
7Russian (ru)
Альтернативные издержки
605
8French (fr)
Coût d'opportunité
496
9Vietnamese (vi)
Chi phí cơ hội
303
10Polish (pl)
Koszt alternatywny
235
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Opportunity cost" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Opportunity cost
464
2German (de)
Opportunitätskosten
98
3French (fr)
Coût d'opportunité
80
4Chinese (zh)
机会成本
75
5Spanish (es)
Coste de oportunidad
70
6Turkish (tr)
Fırsat maliyeti
47
7Russian (ru)
Альтернативные издержки
44
8Japanese (ja)
機会費用
42
9Portuguese (pt)
Custo de oportunidade
42
10Dutch (nl)
Alternatieve kosten
40
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "Opportunity cost" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Opportunity cost
2
2Arabic (ar)
تكلفة الفرصة البديلة
1
3Basque (eu)
Aukera-kostu
1
4Persian (fa)
هزینه فرصت
1
5Azerbaijani (az)
Fürsət xərci
0
6Bulgarian (bg)
Алтернативна цена
0
7Catalan (ca)
Cost d'oportunitat
0
8Czech (cs)
Náklady obětované příležitosti
0
9Danish (da)
Alternativomkostning
0
10German (de)
Opportunitätskosten
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Opportunity cost" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Opportunity cost
566
2Portuguese (pt)
Custo de oportunidade
397
3Arabic (ar)
تكلفة الفرصة البديلة
312
4Chinese (zh)
机会成本
273
5Azerbaijani (az)
Fürsət xərci
220
6Persian (fa)
هزینه فرصت
212
7Korean (ko)
기회비용
196
8Russian (ru)
Альтернативные издержки
178
9German (de)
Opportunitätskosten
175
10Japanese (ja)
機会費用
162
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Scores

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Citations:
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
تكلفة الفرصة البديلة
azAzerbaijani
Fürsət xərci
bgBulgarian
Алтернативна цена
caCatalan
Cost d'oportunitat
csCzech
Náklady obětované příležitosti
daDanish
Alternativomkostning
deGerman
Opportunitätskosten
enEnglish
Opportunity cost
esSpanish
Coste de oportunidad
etEstonian
Alternatiivkulu
euBasque
Aukera-kostu
faPersian
هزینه فرصت
fiFinnish
Vaihtoehtoiskustannus
frFrench
Coût d'opportunité
glGalician
Custo de oportunidade
heHebrew
עלות אלטרנטיבית
hiHindi
अवसर लागत
hrCroatian
Oportunitetni trošak
huHungarian
Alternatív költség
hyArmenian
Հնարավորությունների ծախս
idIndonesian
Biaya peluang
itItalian
Costo opportunità
jaJapanese
機会費用
koKorean
기회비용
ltLithuanian
Alternatyviosios sąnaudos
msMalay
Kos melepas
nlDutch
Alternatieve kosten
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Alternativkostnad
noNorwegian
Alternativkostnad
plPolish
Koszt alternatywny
ptPortuguese
Custo de oportunidade
roRomanian
Cost de oportunitate
ruRussian
Альтернативные издержки
simpleSimple English
Opportunity cost
skSlovak
Alternatívne náklady
slSlovenian
Oportunitetni strošek
srSerbian
Опортунитетни трошак
svSwedish
Alternativkostnad
taTamil
சந்தர்ப்பச்செலவு
thThai
ต้นทุนค่าเสียโอกาส
trTurkish
Fırsat maliyeti
ukUkrainian
Альтернативна вартість
viVietnamese
Chi phí cơ hội
zhChinese
机会成本

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1278
06.2020
Global:
#4490
09.2014

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#330
10.2015
Global:
#3797
02.2003

Local popularity rank history

Global popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Opportunity cost from Wikipedia articles about Spoon theory, Comparative advantage, Frédéric Bastiat, There aint no such thing as a free lunch and Parable of the broken window. Whereas reading the article about Opportunity cost people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Law of increasing costs, Wikipedia article, Microeconomics, Sunk cost and Production–possibility frontier.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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