United Kamu-İş: the hunger limit reached 12 thousand lira

United Kamu-Is has released the May 2023 Hunger and Poverty Survey.

As a result of the investigation, it was stated that “The uninterrupted increase in food prices for the last 36 months and the process of high inflation in Turkey increase the risk of hunger and poverty.”

According to the results of United Kamu-İş, the high rate of increase in the prices of staple foods brought the hunger limit of a family of four by 178 lira in May to the limit of 12 thousand lira, while the poverty line exceeded the 31 thousand lire.

While the hunger limit increased in May by 178 liras compared to the previous month, the expense that must be made for needs other than food increased by 344 liras and rose to 19,342 liras. The poverty threshold, which is the sum of these two, increased by 522 lire compared to the previous month.

Compared to a year ago, the hunger limit increased by 5,345 lira and the expenditure for non-food needs increased by 6,401 lira. The poverty line, for its part, increased by 11,748 liras in total in the last year.

BALANCED NUTRITION HAS A RISE OF 1,709 LIRA

Based on prices collected from most commercial markets in Ankara, the monthly amount needed to spend on meat, fish and eggs for a balanced diet decreased by 11 lira compared to the previous month and increased by 1,709 lira compared to the same month. of 2022 and reached 3 thousand 454 liras.

The required expenditure on dried pulses increased by 7 liras compared to the previous month and by 95 liras compared to the same month of the previous year, reaching 256 liras.

The required spending for milk, yogurt and cheese increased by 4 lira to 2,771 lira compared to the previous month, while an increase of 1,195 lira was recorded in the last one-year period. The amount of money to spend on fruits increased by 182 liras in May and 441 liras compared to the same month of the previous year and went to 980 liras. Vegetable spending decreased by 176 lira compared to the previous month and increased by 530 lira compared to the same month of the previous year and became 1,363 lira.

The required expense for products such as bread, flour and pasta increased by 8 lira in May to 1,086 lira. Expenses for rice and bulgur increased by 75 lira compared to the previous month, and by 289 lira in the last year, and became 532 lira. The required expenditure for oil increased by 37 lira to 337 lira.

Spending on food items such as sugar, honey, molasses and jam increased by 52 lira to 803 lira in May. The same family’s spending on olives did not change and remained at 228 lire.

According to the calculation made on the basis of 2,800 calories for adult men, 2,200 calories for adult women, 3,000 calories for youth and 1,600 calories for children, the hunger limit in May is 3,448 lira for adult men, 2,707 liras for adult women and 2,707 liras for children, there were 1,965 liras and 3,690 liras for young people.

POVERTY LIMIT INCREASES 11 thousand 748 liras in one year

According to research conducted on the basis of price increases in non-food needs to determine the poverty line, the amount of spending required for a family of four to meet their non-food needs “without feeling deprivation” increased by 344 lira in May. to 19 thousand 342 lire.

In May, four people’s clothing and shoe expenses increased to 996 lira, while their accommodation expenses (including rent) were 4,206 lira, household items were 2,737 lira, and health expenses were 905 lire. Transportation expenses increased to 5,200 liras, communication expenses to 831 liras, entertainment and culture expenses to 717 liras, education expenses to 459 liras, vacation and hotel expenses to 2,023 liras, and expenses related to various goods and services to 1268 lira.

The poverty line, which shows the total amount of food and non-food expenses that a family of four must make to live without the feeling of deprivation in a manner worthy of human dignity, increased by 552 liras in May to 31,000 152 lire. In the poverty line, the increase in the last period of one year amounted to 12 thousand 156 liras.