Adequacy of social safety net programs in Turkey
Turkey: Adequacy of social safety net programs was 9.4% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Adequacy of social safety net programs in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB). Measured in % of total welfare of beneficiary households.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 9.4% for adequacy of social safety net programs in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is up 45.6% on the previous year and up 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, adequacy of social safety net programs in Turkey peaked at 9.4% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2005.
That places Turkey 19th out of 35 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Adequacy of social safety net programs in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % of total welfare of beneficiary households | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2.7% | — |
| 2005 | 1.5% | -45.4% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | +12.7% |
| 2007 | 1.7% | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 6.4% | +233.0% |
| 2010 | 7.8% | +21.9% |
| 2011 | 7.4% | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 7.7% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 6.0% | -21.9% |
| 2014 | 5.8% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 6.7% | +16.1% |
| 2016 | 6.5% | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 6.9% | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 6.5% | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 9.4% | +45.6% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 9.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9.8%, 96% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 9.4% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18.3%, 51% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Adequacy of social safety net programs 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +233.0% | 1.9% | 6.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 1.5% | 6.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 5.8% | 9.4% | 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 social safety net programs in Turkey?
- Adequacy of social safety net programs in Turkey was 9.4% in 2019, according to ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB).
- What is the highest adequacy of social safety net programs recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest adequacy of social safety net programs recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2005.
- How does Turkey rank for adequacy of social safety net programs?
- Turkey ranks 19th out of 35 countries with data for 2019.
- Is adequacy of social safety net programs rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, World Bank (WB), published as part of Adequacy of social safety net programs (% of total welfare of beneficiary households). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Adequacy of social safety net programs is measured by the total transfer amount received by the population participating in social safety net programs as a share of their total welfare. Welfare is defined as the total income or total expenditure of beneficiary households. 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.