According to TUIK, the relative poverty rate remained at 14 percent in 2021.

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced the poverty and living conditions statistics for 2022.

According to the statistics referring to the previous calendar year, 2021, the poverty rate remained at the same level in 2022 and went to 14.4 percent, according to the poverty line determined considering 50 percent of the equivalent median household income available .

The poverty rate, which is calculated according to the poverty line determined considering 60 percent of the median income, increased 0.3 points in the last year and went to 21.6 percent.

According to the poverty line, which is determined considering 40 percent of the equivalent median household disposable income, the poverty rate was 7.6 percent, a decrease of 0.9 percentage points compared to the previous year. .

The poverty rate, calculated according to the poverty line determined considering 70 percent of the average income, went to 29.3 percent with an increase of 0.6 points with respect to the previous year.

IN THE LOWEST SINGLE HOUSEHOLDS

Considering the poverty rates calculated considering 50 percent of the median disposable income of the equivalent household according to the type of household; The poverty rate in single-person households increased 1 point compared to the previous year and went to 7.5 percent, and in households with more than one person without a family nucleus it increased 2.6 percentage points and went to 11.7 percent. .

The poverty rate of households made up of at least one family nucleus and others increased 1.1 percentage points to 19.6%, while the poverty rate of households made up of a single family nucleus decreased 0.3 points to 13.9%.

27.7 PERCENT OF ILLITERATE PEOPLE ARE POOR

According to the poverty rate calculated considering 50 percent of the median disposable income of the equivalent household; 27.7 percent of illiterates, 24.4 percent of those who did not finish school, 13.8 percent of those who did not finish secondary school, and 7.8 percent of those who graduated from high school or its equivalent.

Higher education graduates, on the other hand, had the lowest poverty rate at 2.6 percent.

‘Material and social deprivation has decreased’

It was stated that the definition of material deprivation published in recent years was also revised by Eurostat and included social deprivation criteria in the definition.

Consequently, the variables questioned at the household level in the calculation of the rate of material and social deprivation; owning a car, being able to afford unexpected expenses, paying for a week’s vacation away from home, paying rent, home loans, and interest-bearing debts, eating a meal that contains meat, poultry, and fish every two days, meet the heating needs of the house, and change newly added furniture when it gets old.

Ownership of washing machines, color televisions and telephones, which have been included in the definition of material deprivation in recent years, have been removed from the new definition.

The newly added variables at the individual level for this relationship are; It was determined as buying new clothes instead of old clothes, having two decent pairs of shoes, meeting acquaintances at least once a month, participating in paid leisure activities, spending some money to feel good and having internet for personal use.

Material and social deprivation rate, which is defined as the rate of those who cannot comply with at least seven of the thirteen points mentioned above; While it was 18.1 percent in 2021, it was estimated at 16.6 percent by declining 1.5 points in the survey results for 2022.

THE CONTINUING POVERTY RATE IS 14 PERCENT

The permanent poverty rate, calculated using four-year panel data, includes people who have been poor for 60 percent of median equivalent disposable household income in the past year, as well as for at least two of the three years previous.

Thus, according to the results of the 2022 survey, the permanent poverty rate increased 0.2 points compared to the previous year and became 14 percent.

PROVINCES WITH THE LOWEST RELATIVE POVERTY RATE

Regions with the highest relative poverty rate based on income, based on the poverty line calculated based on 50% of the median individual disposable income of equivalent households for each of the NUTS 2nd level regions; It was TR62 (Adana, Mersin) with 15 percent, TRA2 (Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan) with 14.6 percent and TR31 (İzmir) with 14.3 percent.

NUTS level 2 regions with the lowest relative poverty rates are TRC1 (Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis) with 3.7%, TRB1 with 6.3% in summer (Malatya, Elazig, Bingol, Tunceli) and TRA1 (Erzurum) with 7.5%, Erzincan. , Bayburt).

32.6 PERCENT OF PEOPLE ARE AT RISK OF POVERTY

This year, for the first time, the proportion of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion was calculated, which is defined as the state of deprivation of at least one of the indicators of relative poverty, material and social deprivation, and low work intensity .

According to the 2022 results, 32.6 percent of people were at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

When this relationship is analyzed according to age groups; It was estimated to be 42.7% in the 0-17 age group, 30.2% in the 18-64 age group, and 20.5% in the 65+ age group. years.

59.6 PERCENT OF HOUSEHOLDS CANNOT CONVERT ON A WEEKLY HOLIDAY

Compared with the previous year, the rate of those who have debts or payments in installments other than the purchase of housing and housing expenses fell by 4.3 points and went to 59.4 percent.

While these payments were not a burden for 6.2 percent of the population, they were a heavy burden for 17.7 percent.

59.6 percent of households spend a week away from home on vacation, 41.5 percent the cost of a meal containing meat, chicken, or fish on alternate days, 31.1 percent unexpected expenses, the 20.4 percent to heat the house, 65.4 percent of them stated that they could not afford to renew old furniture economically.