Japan vs Turkey: Prosperity gap

Japan

1.2

in 2020

Turkey

1.29

in 2023

Japan rank

92nd

Turkey rank

90th

Prosperity gap over time

Turkey currently reports 1.29 against 1.2 in Japan, a difference of 0.0928.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.

Across all 13 years both countries report, Turkey has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 92nd and Turkey ranks 90th of 120 countries.

Indicator: Prosperity gap
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 120 places, 2,148 data points, 1963–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Average factor by which incomes need to be multiplied to bring everyone to the prosperity standard of $28 per person per day.