Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers in Turkey
Turkey: Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers was 5.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
In 2019, adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers in Turkey stood at 5.3%.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers in Turkey peaked at 8.5% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 3.4%, in 2005.
Turkey ranks 19th of 26 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8.3% | — |
| 2005 | 3.4% | -58.9% |
| 2006 | 4.0% | +15.5% |
| 2007 | 5.3% | +33.0% |
| 2008 | 6.6% | +25.1% |
| 2009 | 6.8% | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 8.5% | +26.3% |
| 2011 | 8.3% | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 5.1% | -37.8% |
| 2013 | 5.1% | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 4.9% | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 5.1% | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 5.7% | +9.8% |
| 2017 | 5.6% | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 5.3% | -5.3% |
| 2019 | 5.3% | -0.6% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 5.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.3%, 57% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 5.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 19.6%, 27% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers in Turkey changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | -58.9% | 8.3% | 3.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.7% | 3.4% | 8.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 5.9% | 4.9% | 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 (%) - unconditional cash transfers in Turkey?
- Adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers in Turkey was 5.3% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 8.5% in 2010.
- What is the lowest adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.4% in 2005.
- How does Turkey rank for adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers?
- Turkey ranks 19th out of 26 countries with data for 2019.
- Is adequacy of benefits (%) - unconditional cash transfers rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Adequacy of benefits (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total transfer amount received by all beneficiaries in a population group as a share of the total welfare of beneficiaries in that group