Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Turkey
Turkey: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 was 77.4% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Turkey, 1987–2021
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2021, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Turkey stood at 77.4%. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Turkey peaked at 97.2% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 77.4%, in 2021.
That places Turkey 77th out of 119 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day … 2011 in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 97.2% | — |
| 1994 | 97.0% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 96.3% | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 96.4% | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 94.9% | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 93.8% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 94.0% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 93.4% | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 92.1% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 91.6% | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 91.6% | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 89.0% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 88.1% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 87.3% | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 86.1% | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 86.5% | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 84.5% | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 82.4% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 80.8% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 80.6% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 79.6% | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 77.4% | -2.8% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 77.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 95.3%, 81% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 77.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 56.8%, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 97.2% | 97.2% | 97.2% | 1 |
| 1990s | 97.0% | 97.0% | 97.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 94.0% | 91.6% | 96.4% | 8 |
| 2010s | 85.7% | 80.6% | 91.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.5% | 77.4% | 79.6% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More poverty & inequality data for Turkey
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $30 a day (2011 prices) in Turkey?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) in Turkey was 77.4% in 2021, according to World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 97.2% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 77.4% in 2021.
- How does Turkey rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices)?
- Turkey ranks 77th out of 119 countries with data for 2021.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices) rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. 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 (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $30 a day (2011 prices). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $30 per day.