Poverty: Share of population living on less than $10 a day in Turkiye
Turkiye: 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 Turkiye, 1987–2023
Source: World Bank Poverty and Inequality Platform (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Turkiye 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 Turkiye peaked at 67.1% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 7.4%, in 2023.
Turkiye 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.
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 Turkiye
More reference data data for Turkiye
- 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 Turkiye?
- Poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day in Turkiye 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 Turkiye?
- 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 Turkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.4% in 2023.
- How does Turkiye rank for poverty: share of population living on less than $10 a day?
- Turkiye 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 Turkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 74.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkiye 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Percentage of population living in households with an income or consumption below $10 per day.