Expenditure

The share of food and non-alcoholic beverages in households' overall expenditure was 22.8 percent, followed by housing and rent at 22.4 percent last year, a survey by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has shown.

Transport expenditure was the third largest expenditure item, with a share of 21.3 percent, according to TÜİK's Household Budget Survey.

The total declared income of all taxpayers for the year 2021 amounted to 79 billion euros, based on the data of the Independent Public Revenue Authority (AADE).

Türkiye spent some 66.3 billion Turkish Liras ($3.5 billion) on projects related to environmental protection in 2021, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has said.

According to TÜİK, there was an increase of 59.2 percent in total environmental protection expenditure in 2021 compared to the previous year,

Turkey's health and education spending increased in 2020 compared with the previous year, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) have shown.

The country's total health expenditures amounted to 250 billion Turkish Liras (around $18.4 billion) last year, marking a 24.3 percent rise from 2019.

Cultural expenditures in Turkey increased by 5.9 percent compared to the previous year, reaching 60.3 billion Turkish Liras ($4.46 billion), the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) said on Dec. 1.

The draft budget report 2022 presents marginal changes in relation to the draft, according to the Budget Office of the Parliament.

"The estimated growth rate of this year has increased to 6.9% (compared to 6.1% in the Preliminary Plan), while the forecast for 2022 has remained unchanged at 4.5%," it said.

Turkey's tourism income stood at $2.45 billion in January-March, the country's statistical authority announced on April 30.

The first-quarter revenue fell 40.2 percent compared to the same period last year amid worldwide travel restrictions due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK).

The government meets today, Friday, to approve the bills related to the national budget and the state social insurance budget for 2021. Prime Minister Florin Citu said on Thursday that the government deficit target remains set at 7.16%, specifying that, compared to the published version of the draft, there could be some changes in terms of allocations, with more commitment appropriations.

Firefighters are one of the groups in the forefront of the coronavirus crisis response. In many countries they are involved not only in their traditional role, but also in helping to assure other essential services to their communities such as driving ambulances, delivery of medicines and food, covid-19 testing or retrieval of the deceased.

The total income average per household member during the fourth quarter of 2019 was BGN 1,770, a 13.7% increase compared to the same quarter of 2018, the National Statistical Institute said in a press release.