Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Turkey
Turkey: Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day was 7.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 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
Turkey recorded 7.4% for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 55.5% on the previous year and down 74.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Turkey peaked at 67.1% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 2023.
Turkey ranks 81st of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 67.1% | — |
| 1994 | 65.0% | -3.1% |
| 2002 | 61.3% | -5.7% |
| 2003 | 64.3% | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 50.7% | -21.2% |
| 2005 | 48.6% | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 45.4% | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 41.3% | -9.1% |
| 2008 | 36.0% | -12.9% |
| 2009 | 36.9% | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 35.5% | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 32.7% | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 30.8% | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 29.4% | -4.7% |
| 2014 | 28.5% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 29.7% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 27.3% | -8.3% |
| 2017 | 23.9% | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 22.0% | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 22.5% | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 21.6% | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 19.4% | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 16.7% | -13.9% |
| 2023 | 7.4% | -55.5% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 7.4% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 31.3%, 24% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 7.4% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4.0%, 1.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 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 | -55.5% | 16.7% | 7.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 67.1% | 67.1% | 67.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 65.0% | 65.0% | 65.0% | 1 |
| 2000s | 48.0% | 36.0% | 64.3% | 8 |
| 2010s | 28.2% | 22.0% | 35.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.3% | 7.4% | 21.6% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More reference data data for Turkey
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.815 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 10.96 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 22.31 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.72 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 22.31 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.73 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 53.65 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 103 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 9.35 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Turkey?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Turkey was 7.4% 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 $10 a day recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 67.1% in 1987.
- What is the lowest poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 2023.
- How does Turkey rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Turkey ranks 81st out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.7%. 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 (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 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 $10 per day.