Turkey - Coverage of social safety net programs (% of population)

The value for Coverage of social safety net programs (% of population) in Turkey was 14.46 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.05 in 2008 and a minimum value of 14.46 in 2019.

Definition: Coverage of social safety net programs shows the percentage of population participating in cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.

Source: ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection - Indicators of Resilience and Equity, The World Bank. Data are based on national representative household surveys. (datatopics.worldbank.org/aspire/)

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Year Value
2004 27.22
2005 27.60
2006 30.50
2007 33.16
2008 37.05
2009 17.97
2010 18.44
2011 18.39
2012 15.86
2013 16.69
2014 17.68
2015 17.10
2016 17.96
2018 15.53
2019 14.46

Limitations and Exceptions: When interpreting ASPIRE performance indicators based on household surveys, it is important to note that the extent to which information on specific transfers and programs is captured in the household surveys can vary a lot across countries. Moreover, household surveys do not capture the universe of social protection programs in the country, in best practice cases just the largest programs. As a consequence, ASPIRE indicators are not fully comparable across program categories and countries; however, they provide approximate measures of social protection systems performance. In addition, there may be cases where ASPIRE performance indicators differ from official WB country reports as ASPIRE indicators are based on a first level analysis of original survey data and unified methodology that does not necessarily reflect country-specific knowledge and in depth country analysis relying on administrative program level data and/or imputations.

Aggregation method: Simple average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Labor & Social Protection Indicators

Sub-Topic: Performance