Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile in Türkiye
Türkiye: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile was 11.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile in Türkiye, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 11.0% for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in 2019. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.2% on the previous year and up 61.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in Türkiye peaked at 11.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2004.
That places Türkiye 29th out of 34 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2.6% | — |
| 2005 | 2.8% | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 4.4% | +58.7% |
| 2007 | 4.3% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 5.5% | +26.1% |
| 2009 | 6.8% | +25.1% |
| 2010 | 8.8% | +29.5% |
| 2011 | 7.2% | -18.4% |
| 2012 | 7.3% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 6.1% | -16.8% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | +39.3% |
| 2015 | 9.3% | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 10.4% | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 10.2% | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 8.8% | -13.8% |
| 2019 | 11.0% | +25.2% |
Türkiye compared with similar countries
- Türkiye's 11.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 35.6%, 31% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Türkiye's 11.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19.1%, 58% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.4% | 2.6% | 6.8% | 6 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 6.1% | 11.0% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
More work & labour data for Türkiye
- 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 poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in Türkiye?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile in Türkiye was 11.0% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2004.
- How does Türkiye rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile?
- Türkiye ranks 29th out of 34 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st quintile rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap