Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st in Türkiye
Türkiye: Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st was 4.7% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st in Türkiye, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE.
Analysis
In 2019, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st in Türkiye stood at 4.7%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.3% on the previous year and up 105.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st in Türkiye peaked at 4.7% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2013.
Türkiye ranks 28th of 34 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1.8% | — |
| 2005 | 2.0% | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -11.6% |
| 2007 | 2.5% | +43.7% |
| 2008 | 2.5% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 2.3% | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 3.5% | +54.2% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 3.3% | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | -56.0% |
| 2014 | 4.2% | +184.4% |
| 2015 | 3.8% | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 3.1% | -19.4% |
| 2017 | 3.7% | +19.6% |
| 2018 | 3.8% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 4.7% | +22.3% |
Türkiye compared with similar countries
- Türkiye's 4.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17.4%, 27% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Türkiye's 4.7% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11.6%, 40% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st in Türkiye changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +184.4% | 1.5% | 4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 3.5% | 1.5% | 4.7% | 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 headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st in Türkiye?
- Poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st in Türkiye was 4.7% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7% in 2019.
- What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2013.
- How does Türkiye rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st?
- Türkiye ranks 28th out of 34 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social assistance - 1st rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 105.4%. 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 Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Assistance - 1st quintile (poorest) -urban. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty headcount reduction due to Social Assistance programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount