Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Turkey
Turkey: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.6069 in 2024. ▬ Flat
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Turkey, 1987–2024
Source: World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 0.6069 for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Turkey peaked at 0.6606 in 1987 and was at its lowest, 0.5585, in 2007.
That places Turkey 13th out of 109 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6606 | 0.6606 | 0.6606 | 1 |
| 1990s | 0.6151 | 0.6151 | 0.6151 | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.5644 | 0.5585 | 0.572 | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.5889 | 0.5686 | 0.6217 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6009 | 0.5802 | 0.6223 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More poverty & inequality data for Turkey
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 1.62 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 3,429 kg per hectare (2024)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.2% (2023)
- Gender Inequality Index 0.227 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in GDP vs. share of population living in extreme poverty 17.3% (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in women 0.0998 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient by sex 0.0998 (2023)
- Lifespan inequality: Gini coefficient in men 0.1087 (2023)
- Income inequality: Atkinson index 0.2891 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Turkey?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Turkey was 0.6069 in 2024, according to World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6606 in 1987.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5585 in 2007.
- How does Turkey rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Turkey ranks 13th out of 109 countries with data for 2024.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from World Inequality Database (WID.world) (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality. Inequality is measured here in terms of income after taxes and benefits.