Poverty & Inequality in Turkey 116 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Turkey. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys 2025 down 20.0% 16th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person 2025 down 27.1% 99th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP 2025 down 56.7% 123rd Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.62 live births per woman 2023 down 22.9% 148th Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,429 kg per hectare 2024 up 21.1% 85th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2024 down 16.1% 164th Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -6.3 % change on previous year 2024 up 51.7% 147th Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 23.22 2023 down 7.7% 69th Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.2% 2023 down 7.7% 69th Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP 2023 down 22.2% 167th Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate 10.84 % change on previous year 2023 up 578.2% 29th Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via -11.11 % change on previous year 2025 — 77th Gender Inequality Index 0.227 2023 down 34.8% 110th Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.3% 2023 down 3.4% 121st Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0998 2023 up 7.6% 129th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0998 2023 up 7.6% 129th Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1087 2023 down 0.6% 151st Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 86.7% 97th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 103rd Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 90.5% 99th Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 4.1% 2023 down 80.1% 87th Prosperity gap 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 48.0% 89th Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2891 2023 up 1.0% 72nd Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 90.0% 100th Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 19.6% 2023 down 10.5% 68th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2023 down 84.4% 94th Population living in slums 14.1% 2022 down 12.9% 91st Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index 0.708 2023 up 7.3% 60th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. Human Development Index 0.708 2023 up 7.3% 60th Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita 0.708 2023 up 7.3% 60th Proportion of population below international poverty line 0.2% 2023 down 86.7% 102nd Three metrics of inequality 62.31 2024 up 4.8% 19th Gini coefficient (before tax) 0.6231 2024 up 4.8% 19th Out-of-pocket expenditure (OOP) per capita in US$ 104.34 2023 up 12.5% 104th Income share held by second 20% 9.7% 2023 down 7.6% 106th Income share held by third 20% 14.2% 2023 down 6.0% 108th Income share held by fourth 20% 20.9% 2023 down 4.6% 106th Income share held by highest 20% 49.7% 2023 up 6.7% 15th Income share held by highest 10% 34.4% 2023 up 12.4% 12th Income share held by lowest 10% 2.1% 2023 down 4.5% 95th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.5% 2023 down 5.2% 101st Gini index 43.7 2023 up 8.7% 15th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 16.3% 2023 unchanged 27th Total shortfall from extreme poverty 39.66 million international-$ in 2021 prices 2023 down 82.0% 67th Poverty gap index at $3 a day 0.0% 2023 down 83.9% 101st Official development assistance grants for poverty reduction, by 0.03 2024 up 325.1% 108th Gini coefficient: World Inequality Database vs. World Bank 0.6069 2024 up 5.3% 13th Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 0.6069 2024 up 5.3% 13th Share of gross national income from poverty reduction grants 0.0% 2024 up 200.0% 100th Use of interpolation and extrapolation on original Gini coefficient data 18,996 2017 up 31.1% 55th Income share of the richest 10% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 54.4% 2024 up 5.2% 13th Income share of the richest 1% vs. Gini coefficient (before tax) 21.7% 2024 up 5.9% 12th Proportion of total government spending on essential services, social 27.8% 2024 down 0.5% 51st Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.2% 2023 down 88.5% 97th Income inequality vs. GDP per capita 0.4368 2023 up 8.7% 15th Total population living in extreme poverty by world region 149,369 people 2023 down 87.1% 62nd Share of population living with less than $3 and $4.20 per day 0.2% 2023 down 88.5% 97th How does extreme monetary poverty compare to multidimensional poverty? 0.2% 2023 down 88.5% 97th Share in extreme poverty vs. poverty gap index 0.2% 2023 down 88.5% 97th Distribution of population between different poverty lines 79.00 million people 2023 up 46.9% 9th Page 1 of 2 Next →