Energy Poverty in Turkey

Isil Selcuk, Ali Gökhan Gölçek and Altuğ Murat Köktaş

Sosyoekonomi Journal, 2019, issue 27(42)

Abstract: Access to energy is a prerequisite for human development. For this reason, the concept of energy poverty is carefully monitored by the United Nations and the European Union within the scope of “Sustainable Development” objectives. In this study, energy poverty is conceptually investigated, and the data related to the current energy consumption and the main indicators of energy poverty in various countries were examined. Moreover, socioeconomic characteristics of energy poor households in Turkey were examined with the help of the 2017 Household Budget Survey data set. According to the most recent data available, about one-quarter of households in Turkey are energy poor while nearly half of the households, which have the lowest income levels, were found to carry the risk of facing energy poverty. For the richest households, this rate is only 3.48%. Additionally, the share of energy poor households was observed to decrease from 2003 to 2017.

Keywords: Energy Poverty; Energy; Turkey. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O12 O13 Q40 Q48 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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