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Table 3 Economic and social impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Poland. The table summarised the most impacted industry, the poverty rate and the number of people who are under the poverty level, unemployment rate, and GDP growth before and after the COVID-19 pandemic (2019 and 2020) in Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Poland. The pre-pandemic poverty rates were those of the average of 2018 and 2019 in each country. The table also shows the total funds for the economic stimulus policy

From: Public health and social measures to mitigate the health and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey, Egypt, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Poland during 2020–2021: situational analysis

 

Turkey

Egypt

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Poland

Impacted sector

Service sector a

Tourism

Trade

Oil and gas

Agriculture

  

Cotton

Remittance

Service sector a

Steel industry

  

Suez Canal (trade)

  

Service sector a

  

Oil and gas

   

poverty rate (%) in 2018/9 (< 5.5$ per day)

10.5%

4.1%

14.4%

6.0%

1.2%

-

4.2 mil

6.3 mil

1.1 mil

-

poverty rate (%) in 2020 (< 5.5$ per day)

 + 2.1%

1.6 mil increase

4.3%

4.4 mil

20.6%

9.0 mil

12–14%

2.2–2.6 mil

-

Unemployment rate in 2019 (15–65 years)

-

-

8.1%

-

5.5%

Unemployment rate in 2020 (15–65 years)

-

9.6%

9.5%

-

6.5%

GDP growth in 2019 (annual %)

0.9%

3.6%

3.2%

4.5%

4.5%

GDP growth in 2020 (annual %)

1.8%

2.0%

-8.2%

-2.8% (Jan- Sep)

-2.7%

Total amount of fund for stimulus package

($US equivalent)

% of GDP equivalent

100 bil TL

100 bil LE

-

 

-

(15 bil $US)

(6.4 bil $US)

 

(10 bil $US)

 

13% of GDP

1.7% of GDP

 

5.7% of GDP

 
  1. aService sector includes hospitality, retail, travel, and leisure industries