Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Turkey
Turkey: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day was 4.1% in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 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
In 2023, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Turkey stood at 4.1%. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of down 61.7% on the previous year and down 79.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Turkey peaked at 56.7% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 4.1%, in 2023.
Turkey ranks 84th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 56.7% | — |
| 1994 | 54.7% | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 50.5% | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 54.3% | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 41.0% | -24.4% |
| 2005 | 38.9% | -5.2% |
| 2006 | 35.9% | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 31.5% | -12.3% |
| 2008 | 26.9% | -14.8% |
| 2009 | 28.0% | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 26.3% | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 23.8% | -9.7% |
| 2012 | 22.3% | -6.4% |
| 2013 | 20.6% | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 20.3% | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 21.0% | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 18.6% | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 16.7% | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 15.6% | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 15.9% | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 15.0% | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 12.9% | -13.8% |
| 2022 | 10.8% | -16.3% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | -61.7% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 4.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 21.4%, 19% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 4.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.6%, 1.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Turkey changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -61.7% | 10.8% | 4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 56.7% | 56.7% | 56.7% | 1 |
| 1990s | 54.7% | 54.7% | 54.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 38.4% | 26.9% | 54.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 20.1% | 15.6% | 26.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 4.1% | 15.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More poverty & inequality data for Turkey
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 8 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ 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 $8.30 a day in Turkey?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day in Turkey was 4.1% 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 $8.30 a day recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 56.7% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.1% in 2023.
- How does Turkey rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day?
- Turkey ranks 84th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $8.30 a day rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 79.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 $8.30 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 $8.30 per day.