Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Turkey
Turkey: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day was 69.1% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Turkey, 1987–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 69.1% for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 16.1% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Turkey peaked at 98.2% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 69.1%, in 2023.
That places Turkey 85th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 98.2% | — |
| 1994 | 98.0% | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 97.4% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 97.6% | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 96.6% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 95.6% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 96.2% | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 96.0% | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 95.0% | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 94.5% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 94.5% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 92.6% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 91.8% | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 91.7% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 90.3% | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 90.8% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 89.2% | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 87.8% | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 86.9% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 86.4% | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 86.1% | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 84.0% | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 82.3% | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 69.1% | -16.1% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 69.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.7%, 72% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 69.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 63.2%, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 98.2% | 98.2% | 98.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 98.0% | 98.0% | 98.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 96.1% | 94.5% | 97.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 90.2% | 86.4% | 94.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.3% | 69.1% | 86.1% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More poverty & inequality data for Turkey
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Turkey?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day in Turkey was 69.1% in 2023, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 98.2% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.1% in 2023.
- How does Turkey rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day?
- Turkey ranks 85th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $40 a day rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $40 a day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $40 per day.