Official Social Protection Benefits
In 2019, 542 billion 2 million TL was spent on social protection.
In 2019, official social protection expenditures increased by 20.8% to 542 billion 2 million TL. 98.4% of these expenditures were for social protection assistance (533 billion 168 million TL). The largest expenditure on social protection assistance was for the retired/elderly at 263 billion 78 million TL. This was followed by illness/healthcare expenditures at 146 billion 35 million TL.
| Type of Social Protection Benefits | 2018 (₺) | 2019 (₺) |
|---|---|---|
| Hastalık / sağlık bakımı | 121.755 | 146.035 |
| Engelli / malul | 14.840 | 18.030 |
| Emekli / yaşlı | 219.939 | 263.078 |
| Dul / yetim | 52.262 | 63.586 |
| Aile / çocuk | 16.986 | 23.177 |
| İşsizlik | 10.358 | 15.732 |
| Sosyal dışlanma | 5.887 | 3.529 |
| Official Social Protection Benefits (in Turkish Lira) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018(r) | 2019 | |
| In Cash (₺) | 92.065 | 106.828 | 123.790 | 140.876 | 158.868 | 182.413 | 223.192 | 253.150 | 299.079 | 361.478 |
| In-kind (₺) | 54.180 | 62.254 | 68.897 | 75.570 | 84.044 | 92.498 | 107.584 | 122.407 | 142.948 | 171.690 |
| Total (₺) | 146.245 | 169.082 | 192.687 | 216.446 | 242.912 | 274.912 | 330.776 | 375.557 | 442.027 | 533.168 |
| Number of people receiving compensation under social protection (2018 & 2019) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2019 | |||||
| Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | |
| Total number of people receiving compensation | 13.766 | 7.861 | 5.905 | 14.089 | 8.031 | 6.058 |
| Total number of people receiving handicapped/disabled compensation | 856 | 503 | 353 | 864 | 504 | 360 |
| Total number of people receiving retirement/elderly compensation | 9.514 | 7.144 | 2.370 | 9.849 | 7.313 | 2.536 |
| Total number of people receiving widow/orphan compensation | 3.758 | 264 | 3.494 | 3.759 | 267 | 3.492 |
| Total number of compensation benefits | 14.389 | 7.922 | 6.467 | 14.747 | 8.096 | 6.651 |