Turkey:marked inequalities in incomes and lifestyles
This is the finding of a recent survey carried out by the country's statistical institute Turkstat. The survey finds that the average income of Turkey's households totalled 22,063 Turkish lire (TL) in 2010, (1 TL is worth 8.898 euros), while average pro-capita income was 9,735 TL (3,926 euros). As for a breakdown of average pro capita incomes across the country's regions, the region containing Istanbul leads the field with 13,382 TL (5,397 euros), followed by western Anatolia with 11,116 TL (4,483 euros). The region with the lowest income was south-eastern Anatolia with just 5,144 TL (2,074 euros). Wages and salaries make up 43.7% of incomes, followed by social benefits (20.5%, which are in turn made up of pensions, 91.1% and subsidy cheques) as well as by earnings from enterprises (20.2%). The sector of the population at risk of poverty amounts to 16.9% ( with 14.3% living in urban areas), while those under on-going risk number 18% of the population.
Tuesday, 3 January 2012
(ANSAmed) - ANKARA, DECEMBER 30 - There are still sharp disparities between the incomes received in Turkey's industrialised North-West and its less developed South-East.
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