Benefit-cost ratio: Unconditional Cash Transfers 1st … urban in Turkey
Turkey: Benefit-cost ratio: Unconditional Cash Transfers 1st … urban was 0.575 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
The most recent figure for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Turkey is 0.575, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Turkey peaked at 0.602 in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2895, in 2004.
Turkey ranks 6th of 25 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Benefit-cost ratio: Unconditional Cash Transfers 1st … urban in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.2895 | — |
| 2006 | 0.3407 | +17.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5597 | +64.3% |
| 2008 | 0.394 | -29.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5335 | +35.4% |
| 2010 | 0.4104 | -23.1% |
| 2011 | 0.5104 | +24.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6012 | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 0.6012 | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.5467 | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 0.602 | +10.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5545 | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 0.5666 | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.554 | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 0.575 | +3.8% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 0.575 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.459, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 0.575 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4888, 1.2× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4235 | 0.2895 | 0.5597 | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.5522 | 0.4104 | 0.602 | 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 benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Turkey?
- Benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile in Turkey was 0.575 in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.602 in 2015.
- What is the lowest benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2895 in 2004.
- How does Turkey rank for benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile?
- Turkey ranks 6th out of 25 countries with data for 2019.
- Is benefit-cost ratio - unconditional cash transfers - 1st quintile rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. 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 Benefit-cost ratio - Unconditional Cash Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction obtained for each $1 spent in Cash Transfers programs (%)