Benefits incidence in 5th: All Social Assistance … Assistance urban in Turkey
Turkey: Benefits incidence in 5th: All Social Assistance … Assistance urban was 5.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
In 2019, benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - all social in Turkey stood at 5.3%. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.7% on the previous year and down 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - all social in Turkey peaked at 15.6% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 5.3%, in 2019.
That places Turkey 30th out of 34 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Benefits incidence in 5th: All Social Assistance … Assistance urban in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 12.2% | — |
| 2005 | 11.9% | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 15.4% | +29.7% |
| 2007 | 12.8% | -17.0% |
| 2008 | 15.0% | +17.2% |
| 2009 | 8.6% | -42.8% |
| 2010 | 14.0% | +63.2% |
| 2011 | 15.6% | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 7.2% | -53.8% |
| 2013 | 6.6% | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 7.0% | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 6.5% | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | -7.2% |
| 2017 | 5.9% | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 5.8% | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 5.3% | -7.7% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 5.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12.3%, 43% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 5.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 14.4%, 37% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.6% | 8.6% | 15.4% | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.0% | 5.3% | 15.6% | 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 benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - all social in Turkey?
- Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - all social in Turkey was 5.3% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - all social recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 15.6% in 2011.
- What is the lowest benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - all social recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.3% in 2019.
- How does Turkey rank for benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - all social?
- Turkey ranks 30th out of 34 countries with data for 2019.
- Is benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - all social rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.6%. 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 Benefits incidence in 5th quintile (richest) (%) - All Social Assistance -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of benefits going to the richestquintile relative to the total benefits going to the population