Poverty & Inequality in Turkey 21 indicators covering poverty & inequality for Turkey. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Poverty headcount ratio at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 4.1% 2023 down 80.1% 85th Poverty headcount ratio at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.4% 2023 down 90.5% 97th Poverty headcount ratio at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.2% 2023 down 86.7% 95th Poverty gap at $3.00 a day (2021 PPP) 0.0% 2023 down 100.0% 101st Prosperity gap 1.3 average shortfall from a prosperity standard of $28/day 2023 down 48.0% 87th Poverty gap at $8.30 a day (2021 PPP) 1.0% 2023 down 84.4% 92nd Poverty headcount ratio at societal poverty line 19.6% 2023 down 10.5% 66th Poverty gap at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) 0.1% 2023 down 90.0% 98th Population living in slums 14.1% 2022 down 12.9% 91st Income share held by second 20% 9.7% 2023 down 7.6% 104th Gini index 43.7 2023 up 8.7% 15th Income share held by lowest 20% 5.5% 2023 down 5.2% 101st Income share held by lowest 10% 2.1% 2023 down 4.5% 95th Income share held by highest 10% 34.4% 2023 up 12.4% 12th Income share held by highest 20% 49.7% 2023 up 6.7% 15th Income share held by fourth 20% 20.9% 2023 down 4.6% 104th Income share held by third 20% 14.2% 2023 down 6.0% 106th Proportion of people living below 50 percent of median income 16.3% 2023 unchanged 25th Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita 0.2% 2023 down 88.5% 97th Poverty headcount ratio at national poverty lines 13.0% 2024 down 11.6% 51st Multidimensional poverty headcount ratio (World Bank) 0.2% 2023 down 88.9% 56th