Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Türkiye
Türkiye: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population was 0.4196 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Türkiye, 2011–2022
Source: OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Türkiye is 0.4196, measured in 2022.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Türkiye peaked at 0.4254 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.379, in 2013.
That places Türkiye 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.395 | — |
| 2012 | 0.389 | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.379 | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.389 | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.398 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3996 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.3887 | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 0.4049 | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3963 | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4254 | +7.3% |
| 2022 | 0.4196 | -1.4% |
Türkiye compared with similar countries
- Türkiye's 0.4196 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2879, 1.5× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3929 | 0.379 | 0.4049 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.4138 | 0.3963 | 0.4254 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
More poverty & inequality data for Türkiye
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (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)
- 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, gaps filled 23.22 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 23.2% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Türkiye?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population in Türkiye was 0.4196 in 2022, according to OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4254 in 2021.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.379 in 2013.
- How does Türkiye rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population?
- Türkiye ranks 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax among working age population. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Gini coefficient measures inequality on a scale from 0 to 1. Higher values indicate higher inequality.