Living Income 2020:
TRY 3,551 per month (US $507*)
The Anker Living Income Reference Value for 2020 for rural Turkey is TRY 3,551 per month (US $507). This is the estimated monthly cost of a basic but decent standard of living for a typical family in rural Turkey in 2020.
*The USD value of the living income estimate is provided for expositional purposes for readers, since this living income is estimated in Turkish lira. Its USD value is sensitive to the lira to USD exchange rate and this has been very volatile in recent months.
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Living Income Reference Value – Rural Turkey
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About Anker Reference Values
The Anker Reference Value methodology is the next step on our journey to measure and improve Living Wages and Living Incomes around the world. It builds on data and knowledge gained from 40 complete Anker Methodology benchmark studies (most of which are published on the GLWC website). Anker Reference Values provide a credible estimate of living wage or income at a country level, for rural and urban areas. They offer an insightful reference beyond the currently available indicators for many countries, which are mostly limited to poverty lines and minimum wages.
Anker Reference Values can be estimated more quickly than full-fledged Anker benchmarks. With this new, globally scalable and efficient methodology, members of the Coalition, companies, trade unions, and other stakeholders will be able to understand wage and income gaps to decency for many more countries and start working to reduce them. Reference values enable risk assessments and prioritization on a global scale. Full Anker benchmark studies remain our Gold Standard for highly localized measurement of Living Wage and Living Income. Learn more.
