Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in Türkiye
Türkiye: Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line was 2.6% in 2018. ▼ Falling
Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in Türkiye, 2002–2018
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 2.6% for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 34.6% on the previous year and down 32.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in Türkiye peaked at 4.7% in 2002 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2018.
That places Türkiye 16th out of 26 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.7% | 3.3% | 4.7% | 8 |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 2.6% | 4.1% | 8 |
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More poverty & inequality data for Türkiye
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 8 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 1.62 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 3,429 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate -6.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 23.22 (2023)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.227 (2023)
- Share of government consumption in gdp vs share in extreme poverty 17.33 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in females 0.0998 (2023)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality by sex 0.0998 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in Türkiye?
- Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line in Türkiye was 2.6% in 2018, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 4.7% in 2002.
- What is the lowest households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2018.
- How does Türkiye rank for households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line?
- Türkiye ranks 16th out of 26 countries with data for 2018.
- Is households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Households pushed below or further below a relative poverty line (reflecting basic needs: food, housing, utilities - developed by WHO/Europe) by out-of-pocket payments (%, national). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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