Serbia vs Turkey: Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile over time
- Serbia
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 38.0% against 31.0% in Serbia, a difference of 7.0%.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.2 times Serbia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Turkey ahead.
Serbia ranks 8th and Turkey ranks 5th of 35 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Serbia | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30.7% | 39.7% | 8.9% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 36.4% | 38.9% | 2.5% | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile, Serbia or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 38.0% against 31.0% in Serbia as of 2019.
- What is the difference in benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile between Serbia and Turkey?
- 7.0%, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Serbia and Turkey?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2019.
- How do Serbia and Turkey rank globally for benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile?
- Serbia ranks 8th and Turkey ranks 5th of 35 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB), published as Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile (% of total safety net benefits). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Benefit incidence of social safety net programs to poorest quintile shows the percentage of total social safety net benefits received by the poorest 20% of the population. Social safety net programs include cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.