Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Turkey
Turkey: Poverty share on less than 30 per day was 54.56 in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Turkey, 1987–2023
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 54.56 for poverty share on less than 30 per day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.7% on the previous year and down 35.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty share on less than 30 per day in Turkey peaked at 96.52 in 1987 and was at its lowest, 54.56, in 2023.
That places Turkey 83rd 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 96.52 | 96.52 | 96.52 | 1 |
| 1990s | 96.18 | 96.18 | 96.18 | 1 |
| 2000s | 92.42 | 89.26 | 95.5 | 8 |
| 2010s | 82.55 | 76.34 | 89.53 | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.4 | 54.56 | 75.47 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More poverty & inequality data for Turkey
- 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)
- 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)
- Gini coefficient of lifespan inequality in males 0.1087 (2023)
- Income inequality atkinson index undp 0.2891 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty share on less than 30 per day in Turkey?
- Poverty share on less than 30 per day in Turkey was 54.56 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 96.52 in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty share on less than 30 per day recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.56 in 2023.
- How does Turkey rank for poverty share on less than 30 per day?
- Turkey ranks 83rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty share on less than 30 per day rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty share on less than 30 per day. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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