Poverty Headcount: All Social Protection … Protection Labor extreme in Turkey
Turkey: Poverty Headcount: All Social Protection … Protection Labor extreme was 95.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Poverty Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor in Turkey, 2004–2019
Source: ASPIRE. Measured in <$2.15 a day.
Analysis
In 2019, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor in Turkey stood at 95.5%.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and up 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor in Turkey peaked at 99.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 69.0%, in 2005.
Turkey ranks 12th of 37 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 Headcount: All Social Protection … Protection Labor extreme in Turkey, year by year
| Year | <$2.15 a day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 71.4% | — |
| 2005 | 69.0% | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 74.1% | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 77.6% | +4.7% |
| 2008 | 89.0% | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 84.2% | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 87.1% | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 93.3% | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 94.9% | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 94.0% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 95.7% | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 95.4% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 96.2% | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 98.0% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 99.4% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 95.5% | -3.9% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 95.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 81.4%, 1.2× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 95.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 98.9%, 97% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 77.5% | 69.0% | 89.0% | 6 |
| 2010s | 95.0% | 87.1% | 99.4% | 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 headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor in Turkey?
- Poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor in Turkey was 95.5% in 2019, according to ASPIRE.
- What is the highest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 99.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.0% in 2005.
- How does Turkey rank for poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor?
- Turkey ranks 12th out of 37 countries with data for 2019.
- Is poverty headcount reduction (%) - all social protection and labor rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.5%. 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 Headcount reduction (%) - All Social Protection and Labor -extreme poor (<$2.15 a day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Poverty headcount reduction due to SPL programs as % of pre-transfer poverty headcount