Poverty Gap reduction (%): Domestic Private … Domestic extreme in Turkey
Turkey: Poverty Gap reduction (%): Domestic Private … Domestic extreme was 90.0% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Poverty Gap reduction (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -extreme poor in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in <$2.15 a day.
Analysis
In 2019, poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers -extreme poor in Turkey stood at 90.0%.
That represents a change of down 8.2% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers -extreme poor in Turkey peaked at 98.4% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 58.3%, in 2005.
Turkey ranks 9th of 31 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty Gap reduction (%): Domestic Private … Domestic extreme in Turkey, year by year
| Year | <$2.15 a day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 67.1% | — |
| 2005 | 58.3% | -13.1% |
| 2006 | 70.8% | +21.5% |
| 2007 | 83.8% | +18.3% |
| 2008 | 83.6% | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 93.0% | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 89.6% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 97.3% | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 98.4% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 88.2% | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 92.8% | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 85.9% | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 92.0% | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 95.7% | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 98.1% | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 90.0% | -8.2% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 90.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 74.0%, 1.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 90.0% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 94.9%, 95% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.1% | 58.3% | 93.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 92.8% | 85.9% | 98.4% | 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 (%) - domestic private transfers -extreme poor in Turkey?
- Poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers -extreme poor in Turkey was 90.0% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers -extreme poor recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 98.4% in 2012.
- What is the lowest poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers -extreme poor recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.3% in 2005.
- How does Turkey rank for poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers -extreme poor?
- Turkey ranks 9th out of 31 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty gap reduction (%) - domestic private transfers -extreme poor rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. 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 (%) - Domestic Private Transfers -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day). 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