Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Türkiye
Türkiye: Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st was 14.3% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Türkiye, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 14.3% for poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in 2019.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 40.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Türkiye peaked at 24.2% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 13.4%, in 2017.
Türkiye ranks 25th of 31 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 13.8% | — |
| 2005 | 13.6% | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 17.1% | +25.4% |
| 2007 | 15.4% | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 16.1% | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 24.2% | +50.3% |
| 2010 | 22.5% | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 17.7% | -21.2% |
| 2012 | 21.3% | +19.9% |
| 2013 | 19.3% | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 16.2% | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 13.7% | -15.0% |
| 2016 | 14.4% | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 13.4% | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 14.0% | +4.5% |
| 2019 | 14.3% | +2.0% |
Türkiye compared with similar countries
- Türkiye's 14.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25.0%, 57% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Türkiye's 14.3% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17.0%, 84% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 16.7% | 13.6% | 24.2% | 6 |
| 2010s | 16.7% | 13.4% | 22.5% | 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 (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Türkiye?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st in Türkiye was 14.3% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 24.2% in 2009.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.4% in 2017.
- How does Türkiye rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st?
- Türkiye ranks 25th out of 31 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers - 1st rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from ASPIRE, published as part of Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty gap reduction due to Domestic Private Transfers programs as % of pre-transfer poverty gap