HUNGER-POVERTY LIMITS 2024
Türk-İş, a federation of Turkish Worker Unions, in Ankara is calculating since 1987 the Limits of Hunger and Poverty on the base of ILO (International Labour Organization) directives. A family is defined as two aldults (male and female) and two childs (one child age is between 15-19 and the second child age is between 4-6). Monthly expenditure for food A male adult needs a 4534,62 TRY A female adult needs 3641,11 TRY A chd (15-19 age) needs 4479,62 TRY A chd (4-6 age) needs 2398,54 TRY HUNGER LIMIT: The monthly food expenditure (hunger limit) that a family of four person living in Ankara must make in order to have a healthy, balanced and adequate diet is 15,048.89 TL. POVERTY LIMIT: The total amount of food expenditure and other compulsory monthly expenses for clothing, housing (rent, electricity, water, fuel), transportation, education, health and similar needs is 49,019.19 TL (poverty limit), The Mi...
