Source: Social Protection Statistics, 2020, Turkish Statistical Institute
In 2020, official social protection expenditures increased by 20,9% compared to the previous year and reached 655 billion 599 million TRY. Social protection benefits constituted 98.5% of these expenditures. The distribution of social protection expenditures by years is presented in the table.
| Sickness/health care |
121.755 |
146.035 |
170.993 |
| Disabled |
14.840 |
18.030 |
20.906 |
| Retired / elderly |
219.939 |
263.078 |
300.902 |
| Widow / orphan |
52.262 |
63.586 |
73.194 |
| Family / children |
16.986 |
23.177 |
31.071 |
| Unemployment |
10.358 |
15.732 |
44.393 |
| Social exclusion |
5.887 |
3.529 |
4.544 |
| |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018(r) |
2019 |
2020 |
| Cash (₺) |
92.065 |
106.828 |
123.790 |
140.876 |
158.868 |
182.413 |
223.192 |
253.150 |
299.079 |
361.478 |
450.723 |
| In-kind (₺) |
54.180 |
62.254 |
68.897 |
75.570 |
84.044 |
92.498 |
107.584 |
122.407 |
142.948 |
171.690 |
195.279 |
| Total (₺) |
146.245 |
169.082 |
192.687 |
216.446 |
242.912 |
274.912 |
330.776 |
375.557 |
442.027 |
533.168 |
646.002 |
| |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
| |
Total |
Men |
Women |
Total |
Men |
Women |
Total |
Men |
Women |
| Total number of “disabled” pension beneficiaries |
856 |
503 |
353 |
864 |
504 |
360 |
853 |
497 |
356 |
| Total number of retired / elderly pension beneficiaries |
9.514 |
7.144 |
2.370 |
9.849 |
7.313 |
2.536 |
10.035 |
7.415 |
2.620 |
| Total number of widow / orphan pension beneficiaries |
3.758 |
264 |
3.494 |
3.759 |
267 |
3.492 |
3.758 |
267 |
3.539 |
