EU 29.09
· European ranking
19 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Turkey: Financial Vulnerability
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
25.10% of people
EU 29.09 · -4.0 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Inability to face unexpected financial expenses ilc_mdes04
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Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Turkey performs more favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Turkey
In Turkey, Unexpected expenses is noticeably better than the European benchmark: 25.1% versus 29.1% in 2025, with a gap of 4.0 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Turkey, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 32.20% in 2020 to 25.10% in 2025. The latest step, from 26.80% in 2024 to 25.10% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal has similar intensity to the primary one.
Reading within the topic
In Turkey, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.