Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax in Türkiye
Türkiye: Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax was 0.4271 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Income inequality: Gini coefficient before and after tax 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 in Türkiye is 0.4271, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Türkiye peaked at 0.4331 in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.39, 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 in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.403 | — |
| 2012 | 0.399 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.39 | -2.3% |
| 2014 | 0.398 | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.404 | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.4094 | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 0.397 | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4148 | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.4029 | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 0.4331 | +7.5% |
| 2022 | 0.4271 | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4019 | 0.39 | 0.4148 | 8 |
| 2020s | 0.4211 | 0.4029 | 0.4331 | 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 in Türkiye?
- Income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax in Türkiye was 0.4271 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 recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4331 in 2021.
- What is the lowest income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.39 in 2013.
- How does Türkiye rank for income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax?
- Türkiye ranks 4th out of 39 countries with data for 2022.
- Is income inequality: gini coefficient before and after tax rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. 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. 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.