Poverty & Inequality in Türkiye 55 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Türkiye. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.2% 2023 down 86.7% 102nd At-risk-of-poverty rate by NUTS 2 region 23.4% 2025 up 4.0% 1st Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.03 2024 up 325.1% 108th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 25.4% 2025 up 5.0% 17th Material and social deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 23.2% 2025 down 25.2% 6th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region 29.8% 2025 up 11.6% 2nd Severe material and social deprivation by NUTS 2 region 12.0% 2025 down 22.1% 5th Severe material deprivation rate by NUTS 2 region 27.4% 2020 down 53.8% 2nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by NUTS 2 region - EU 41.5% 2020 down 36.8% 1st Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 27.8% 2024 down 0.5% 51st Employed population below international poverty line, by sex and age 0.1% 2022 down 50.0% 26th Proportion of population living below the national poverty line 13.0% 2024 down 11.6% 51st At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 36.3% 2025 up 0.3% 7th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 23.1% 2025 up 9.0% 1st Relative at risk of poverty gap by poverty threshold - EU-SILC and 24.6% 2025 down 6.8% 24th Gender differences in the at-risk-of-poverty rate by age -9.4 Number 2025 down 174.1% 43rd In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by type of contract 6.8% 2025 down 22.7% 7th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by months worked 14.6% 2025 down 28.4% 28th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by full-/part-time work 21.0% 2025 up 18.0% 5th Tenure status by level of disability (activity limitation) and 59.2% 2025 down 5.3% 43rd Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by sex and age - EU-SILC and ECHP 12.2% 2025 down 9.6% 1st Persons at risk of poverty by level of disability (activity) 24.6% 2025 down 2.0% 9th Persons at risk of poverty before social transfers (pensions included) 35.0% 2025 down 6.7% 19th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by level of disability (activity) 8.3% 2025 down 42.0% 26th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by age and sex 15.9% 2025 down 31.8% 11th Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.0064 2024 up 6,300.0% 26th At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2008) by 2.0% 2025 down 89.4% 38th Subjective poverty by sex and age 32.1% 2025 down 28.8% 6th Subjective poverty by tenure status 32.1% 2025 down 28.8% 6th Proportion of population living in multidimensional poverty 30.7% 2023 down 40.0% 6th Material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 23.2% 2025 down 25.2% 6th Material and social deprivation rate by tenure status 23.2% 2025 down 25.2% 6th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by level of disability 31.2% 2025 down 0.3% 8th Severe material and social deprivation rate by level of disability 10.7% 2025 down 64.8% 5th Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex 25,032 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.7% 3rd Material and social deprivation rate by number of items of deprivation 84,138 Thousand persons 2025 up 10.2% 1st Mean number of deprivation items among the deprived 8.7 Average 2025 up 24.3% 4th Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age and a risk of 9.3% 2025 down 62.5% 5th Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 45.2% 2025 up 82.3% 1st Persons not having a computer for other reasons than affordability by 45.2% 2025 up 82.3% 1st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status 25,032 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.7% 1st Persons who cannot afford a computer by sex, age, and risk of poverty 9.3% 2025 down 62.5% 5th Persons who cannot afford a personal car by sex, age and risk of 20.2% 2025 down 56.8% 2nd Persons who cannot afford two pairs of properly fitting shoes by age 8.5% 2025 unchanged 4th Severe material and social deprivation by tenure status 12.0% 2025 down 22.1% 5th Severe material and social deprivation rate by age and sex 10,074 Thousand persons 2025 down 17.1% 1st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion - EU2030 target 25,032 Thousand persons 2025 up 22.7% 1st Material deprivation for the 'Durables' dimension, by number of item 60.6% 2020 up 75.7% 46th Material and social deprivation rate by age, sex and most frequent 20.6% 2025 down 43.4% 7th Severe material deprivation rate by age and sex 22,408 Thousand persons 2020 down 47.1% 2nd Severe material deprivation rate by tenure status 27.4% 2020 down 53.8% 2nd Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by tenure status - EU 41.5% 2020 down 36.8% 1st At-risk-of-poverty rate anchored at a fixed moment in time (2019) by 4.2% 2025 down 81.2% 41st Severe material and social deprivation by age, sex and most frequent 34 Thousand persons 2025 down 50.0% 1st Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion by age and sex - EU -10,276 Cumulative difference from 2008, in thousands 2020 down 494.8% 43rd