Benefits incidence … Benefits Unconditional Cash Transfers in Turkey
Turkey: Benefits incidence … Benefits Unconditional Cash Transfers was 0.2% in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 0.2% for benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - unconditional in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 57.5% on the previous year and down 83.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - unconditional in Turkey peaked at 6.0% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2019.
That places Turkey 17th out of 25 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Benefits incidence … Benefits Unconditional Cash Transfers in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.4% | — |
| 2005 | 4.8% | +1086.4% |
| 2006 | 6.0% | +24.8% |
| 2007 | 3.0% | -49.2% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | +18.6% |
| 2009 | 1.0% | -73.5% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | +67.8% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | -58.6% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | +102.2% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -24.3% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +38.5% |
| 2015 | 1.6% | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -43.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | -62.1% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +3.9% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -57.5% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 0.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.3%, 12% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 0.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2%, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Benefits incidence … 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 | +1086.4% | 0.4% | 4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.1% | 0.4% | 6.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.2% | 1.6% | 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 extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - unconditional in Turkey?
- Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - unconditional in Turkey was 0.2% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - unconditional recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 6.0% in 2006.
- What is the lowest benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - unconditional recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2019.
- How does Turkey rank for benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - unconditional?
- Turkey ranks 17th out of 25 countries with data for 2019.
- Is benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - unconditional rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 83.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Benefits incidence in extreme poor (<$2.15 a day) (%) - Unconditional Cash Transfers. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of benefits going to the extreme poor (those below $125 a day) relative to the total benefits going to the population