What is political centralization index in Turkey?

Political centralization index in Turkey was 0.798 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.

What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Turkey?

The highest recorded value was 0.925 in 1789.

What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Turkey?

The lowest recorded value was 0.162 in 2002.

How does Turkey rank for political centralization index?

Turkey ranks 36th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is political centralization index rising or falling in Turkey?

Over the last ten years it is up 75.4%. 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 Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Political centralization index in Turkey

Name: Political centralization index in Turkey
Creator: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Turkey: Political centralization index was 0.798 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.798

Change on year

down 1.2%

World rank

36th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.925

in 1789

All-time low

0.162

in 2002

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Political centralization index in Turkey, 1789–2025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for political centralization index in Turkey is 0.798, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and up 75.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, political centralization index in Turkey peaked at 0.925 in 1789 and was at its lowest, 0.162, in 2002.

That places Turkey 36th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 237 years of available data.

Political centralization index in Turkey, year by year

Annual values for Political centralization index in Turkey, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.925	—
1790	0.925	+0.0%
1791	0.925	+0.0%
1792	0.925	+0.0%
1793	0.925	+0.0%
1794	0.925	+0.0%
1795	0.925	+0.0%
1796	0.925	+0.0%
1797	0.925	+0.0%
1798	0.925	+0.0%
1799	0.925	+0.0%
1800	0.925	+0.0%
1801	0.925	+0.0%
1802	0.925	+0.0%
1803	0.925	+0.0%
1804	0.925	+0.0%
1805	0.925	+0.0%
1806	0.925	+0.0%
1807	0.925	+0.0%
1808	0.925	+0.0%
1809	0.925	+0.0%
1810	0.925	+0.0%
1811	0.925	+0.0%
1812	0.925	+0.0%
1813	0.925	+0.0%
1814	0.925	+0.0%
1815	0.925	+0.0%
1816	0.925	+0.0%
1817	0.925	+0.0%
1818	0.925	+0.0%
1819	0.925	+0.0%
1820	0.925	+0.0%
1821	0.925	+0.0%
1822	0.925	+0.0%
1823	0.925	+0.0%
1824	0.925	+0.0%
1825	0.925	+0.0%
1826	0.925	+0.0%
1827	0.925	+0.0%
1828	0.925	+0.0%
1829	0.925	+0.0%
1830	0.925	+0.0%
1831	0.925	+0.0%
1832	0.925	+0.0%
1833	0.925	+0.0%
1834	0.925	+0.0%
1835	0.925	+0.0%
1836	0.925	+0.0%
1837	0.925	+0.0%
1838	0.925	+0.0%
1839	0.925	+0.0%
1840	0.925	+0.0%
1841	0.925	+0.0%
1842	0.925	+0.0%
1843	0.925	+0.0%
1844	0.925	+0.0%
1845	0.925	+0.0%
1846	0.925	+0.0%
1847	0.925	+0.0%
1848	0.925	+0.0%
1849	0.925	+0.0%
1850	0.925	+0.0%
1851	0.925	+0.0%
1852	0.925	+0.0%
1853	0.925	+0.0%
1854	0.925	+0.0%
1855	0.925	+0.0%
1856	0.925	+0.0%
1857	0.925	+0.0%
1858	0.925	+0.0%
1859	0.925	+0.0%
1860	0.925	+0.0%
1861	0.925	+0.0%
1862	0.925	+0.0%
1863	0.925	+0.0%
1864	0.925	+0.0%
1865	0.925	+0.0%
1866	0.925	+0.0%
1867	0.925	+0.0%
1868	0.851	-8.0%
1869	0.851	+0.0%
1870	0.851	+0.0%
1871	0.851	+0.0%
1872	0.851	+0.0%
1873	0.851	+0.0%
1874	0.851	+0.0%
1875	0.851	+0.0%
1876	0.802	-5.8%
1877	0.802	+0.0%
1878	0.806	+0.5%
1879	0.857	+6.3%
1880	0.857	+0.0%
1881	0.857	+0.0%
1882	0.857	+0.0%
1883	0.857	+0.0%
1884	0.857	+0.0%
1885	0.857	+0.0%
1886	0.857	+0.0%
1887	0.857	+0.0%
1888	0.857	+0.0%
1889	0.857	+0.0%
1890	0.857	+0.0%
1891	0.857	+0.0%
1892	0.857	+0.0%
1893	0.857	+0.0%
1894	0.857	+0.0%
1895	0.857	+0.0%
1896	0.857	+0.0%
1897	0.857	+0.0%
1898	0.857	+0.0%
1899	0.857	+0.0%
1900	0.857	+0.0%
1901	0.857	+0.0%
1902	0.857	+0.0%
1903	0.857	+0.0%
1904	0.857	+0.0%
1905	0.857	+0.0%
1906	0.857	+0.0%
1907	0.88	+2.7%
1908	0.72	-18.2%
1909	0.524	-27.2%
1910	0.524	+0.0%
1911	0.527	+0.6%
1912	0.552	+4.7%
1913	0.709	+28.4%
1914	0.737	+3.9%
1915	0.763	+3.5%
1916	0.763	+0.0%
1917	0.763	+0.0%
1918	0.763	+0.0%
1919	0.651	-14.7%
1920	0.566	-13.1%
1921	0.566	+0.0%
1922	0.553	-2.3%
1923	0.578	+4.5%
1924	0.498	-13.8%
1925	0.507	+1.8%
1926	0.507	+0.0%
1927	0.507	+0.0%
1928	0.507	+0.0%
1929	0.507	+0.0%
1930	0.507	+0.0%
1931	0.507	+0.0%
1932	0.507	+0.0%
1933	0.507	+0.0%
1934	0.507	+0.0%
1935	0.507	+0.0%
1936	0.507	+0.0%
1937	0.507	+0.0%
1938	0.507	+0.0%
1939	0.507	+0.0%
1940	0.532	+4.9%
1941	0.532	+0.0%
1942	0.532	+0.0%
1943	0.532	+0.0%
1944	0.532	+0.0%
1945	0.526	-1.1%
1946	0.502	-4.6%
1947	0.502	+0.0%
1948	0.502	+0.0%
1949	0.502	+0.0%
1950	0.476	-5.2%
1951	0.42	-11.8%
1952	0.42	+0.0%
1953	0.42	+0.0%
1954	0.384	-8.6%
1955	0.436	+13.5%
1956	0.436	+0.0%
1957	0.436	+0.0%
1958	0.436	+0.0%
1959	0.436	+0.0%
1960	0.445	+2.1%
1961	0.53	+19.1%
1962	0.224	-57.7%
1963	0.224	+0.0%
1964	0.224	+0.0%
1965	0.208	-7.1%
1966	0.224	+7.7%
1967	0.224	+0.0%
1968	0.224	+0.0%
1969	0.224	+0.0%
1970	0.224	+0.0%
1971	0.408	+82.1%
1972	0.419	+2.7%
1973	0.419	+0.0%
1974	0.251	-40.1%
1975	0.251	+0.0%
1976	0.245	-2.4%
1977	0.245	+0.0%
1978	0.253	+3.3%
1979	0.253	+0.0%
1980	0.302	+19.4%
1981	0.741	+145.4%
1982	0.74	-0.1%
1983	0.524	-29.2%
1984	0.217	-58.6%
1985	0.217	+0.0%
1986	0.251	+15.7%
1987	0.268	+6.8%
1988	0.268	+0.0%
1989	0.268	+0.0%
1990	0.268	+0.0%
1991	0.253	-5.6%
1992	0.253	+0.0%
1993	0.253	+0.0%
1994	0.253	+0.0%
1995	0.253	+0.0%
1996	0.242	-4.3%
1997	0.187	-22.7%
1998	0.203	+8.6%
1999	0.203	+0.0%
2000	0.203	+0.0%
2001	0.191	-5.9%
2002	0.162	-15.2%
2003	0.179	+10.5%
2004	0.181	+1.1%
2005	0.181	+0.0%
2006	0.181	+0.0%
2007	0.181	+0.0%
2008	0.185	+2.2%
2009	0.188	+1.6%
2010	0.284	+51.1%
2011	0.305	+7.4%
2012	0.309	+1.3%
2013	0.354	+14.6%
2014	0.444	+25.4%
2015	0.455	+2.5%
2016	0.665	+46.2%
2017	0.833	+25.3%
2018	0.837	+0.5%
2019	0.826	-1.3%
2020	0.82	-0.7%
2021	0.811	-1.1%
2022	0.813	+0.2%
2023	0.811	-0.2%
2024	0.808	-0.4%
2025	0.798	-1.2%

Turkey compared with similar countries

Turkey's 0.798 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3495, 2.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Turkey's 0.798 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1585, 5.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.925	0.925	0.925	1
1790s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1800s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1810s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1820s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1830s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1840s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1850s	0.925	0.925	0.925	10
1860s	0.9102	0.851	0.925	10
1870s	0.8373	0.802	0.857	10
1880s	0.857	0.857	0.857	10
1890s	0.857	0.857	0.857	10
1900s	0.8123	0.524	0.88	10
1910s	0.6752	0.524	0.763	10
1920s	0.5296	0.498	0.578	10
1930s	0.507	0.507	0.507	10
1940s	0.5194	0.502	0.532	10
1950s	0.43	0.384	0.476	10
1960s	0.2751	0.208	0.53	10
1970s	0.2968	0.224	0.419	10
1980s	0.3796	0.217	0.741	10
1990s	0.2368	0.187	0.268	10
2000s	0.1832	0.162	0.203	10
2010s	0.5312	0.284	0.837	10
2020s	0.8102	0.798	0.82	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is political centralization index in Turkey?: Political centralization index in Turkey was 0.798 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest political centralization index recorded in Turkey?: The highest recorded value was 0.925 in 1789.
What is the lowest political centralization index recorded in Turkey?: The lowest recorded value was 0.162 in 2002.
How does Turkey rank for political centralization index?: Turkey ranks 36th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is political centralization index rising or falling in Turkey?: Over the last ten years it is up 75.4%. 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 Political centralization index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Political centralization index
Source: Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 29,802 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026