Poverty Gap reduction (%): All Social Insurance … Insurance Social in Turkey
Turkey: Poverty Gap reduction (%): All Social Insurance … Insurance Social was 60.9% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - All Social Insurance -1st quintile in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in poorest.
Analysis
In 2019, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in Turkey stood at 60.9%.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in Turkey peaked at 62.8% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 48.0%, in 2004.
That places Turkey 11th out of 34 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%): All Social Insurance … Insurance Social in Turkey, year by year
| Year | poorest | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 48.0% | — |
| 2005 | 49.1% | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 49.6% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 48.9% | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 49.1% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 48.5% | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 50.2% | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 51.7% | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 56.1% | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 55.9% | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 57.9% | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 58.2% | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 60.4% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 62.8% | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 61.7% | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 60.9% | -1.2% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 60.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 36.3%, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 60.9% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 79.3%, 77% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 48.8% | 48.0% | 49.6% | 6 |
| 2010s | 57.6% | 50.2% | 62.8% | 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 insurance -1st quintile in Turkey?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile in Turkey was 60.9% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 62.8% in 2017.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.0% in 2004.
- How does Turkey rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile?
- Turkey ranks 11th out of 34 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - all social insurance -1st quintile rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. 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 Insurance -1st quintile (poorest). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to Social Insurance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap