Poverty Gap reduction (%): All Social Assistance … Assistance Social in Turkey
Turkey: Poverty Gap reduction (%): All Social Assistance … Assistance Social was 11.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.
Analysis
Turkey 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 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Turkey peaked at 11.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4.0%, in 2005.
Turkey ranks 29th of 35 countries on this measure, 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 … Assistance Social in Turkey, year by year
| Year | poorest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6.3% | — |
| 2005 | 4.0% | -37.2% |
| 2006 | 5.2% | +29.9% |
| 2007 | 7.1% | +36.9% |
| 2008 | 7.9% | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 9.6% | +21.1% |
| 2010 | 10.3% | +7.6% |
| 2011 | 9.9% | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 9.9% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 8.6% | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 8.5% | -1.0% |
| 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% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 11.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 24.6%, 45% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 11.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 41.9%, 26% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.7% | 4.0% | 9.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 9.7% | 8.5% | 11.0% | 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 poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Turkey?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile in Turkey was 11.0% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 11.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.0% in 2005.
- How does Turkey rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile?
- Turkey ranks 29th out of 35 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social assistance -1st quintile rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. 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 Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Assistance -1st quintile (poorest). 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