Adequacy of benefits: All Social Assistance … 2nd Assistance preT in Turkey
Turkey: Adequacy of benefits: All Social Assistance … 2nd Assistance preT was 8.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in preT.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 8.5% for adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - all social assistance in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 50.3% on the previous year and up 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - all social assistance in Turkey peaked at 8.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2007.
Turkey ranks 23rd of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Adequacy of benefits: All Social Assistance … 2nd Assistance preT in Turkey, year by year
| Year | preT | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 4.9% | — |
| 2005 | 2.5% | -48.6% |
| 2006 | 3.0% | +18.4% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | -20.2% |
| 2008 | 2.7% | +13.1% |
| 2009 | 6.0% | +123.9% |
| 2010 | 7.6% | +26.3% |
| 2011 | 6.1% | -19.8% |
| 2012 | 7.4% | +22.9% |
| 2013 | 5.5% | -26.5% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 6.3% | +19.3% |
| 2016 | 5.8% | -9.0% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 5.7% | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 8.5% | +50.3% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 8.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.7%, 73% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 8.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 19.3%, 44% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.6% | 2.4% | 6.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 6.4% | 5.3% | 8.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More work & labour data for Turkey
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 31,966 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 54.63 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 38,497 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 8.78 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.51 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 95,928 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 41,171 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 49.84 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.6505 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - all social assistance in Turkey?
- Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - all social assistance in Turkey was 8.5% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - all social assistance recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 8.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - all social assistance recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2007.
- How does Turkey rank for adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - all social assistance?
- Turkey ranks 23rd out of 35 countries with data for 2019.
- Is adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - all social assistance rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Adequacy of benefits in 2nd quintile (%) - All Social Assistance (preT). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group