This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Turkey statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Turkey statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Turkey-specific metadata information.
| Target name | Create sound policy frameworks at the national, regional and international levels, based on pro-poor and gender-sensitive development strategies, to support accelerated investment in poverty eradication actions |
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| Indicator name | Total means-tested social protection benefits |
| Global / Proxy indicator | Proxy indicator |
| Description of indicator | This indicator represents the social protection benefits based on the income condition within the scope of social protection statistics which is compiled on the basis of the "European Integrated Social Protection Statistics System (ESSPROS)" manual standards. Social protection encompasses all interventions intended to relieve households and individuals of the burden of a defined set of risks or needs and is classified under the following 8 headings; sickness/health care, disability, old age, survivors, family/children, unemployment, housing and social exclusion n.e.c. |
| Unit | Million TL |
| Available disaggregation | Risks/Needs groups |
| Calculation | This indicator is obtained by compiling and collecting the number of persons receiving beneficiaries within the coverage of social protection. |
| Comparability | Comparable over time. Since it is a proxy indicator, it differs from global metadata in some way. |
| Revision | - |
| Other information | The indicator is presented as total means-tested social protection benefits and distribution by risks/needs groups (Sickness/health care, Disability, Old age, Survivors, Family/children, Unemployment, Social exclusion n.e.c.). The data are compiled from all institutions that make social protection expenditures. The level of income to be supported depends on the related institutions' own regulations. |
| Data source | TurkStat, Social Protection Statistics |
| Data source link | https://data.tuik.gov.tr/Kategori/GetKategori?p=saglik-ve-sosyal-koruma-101&dil=2 |