Turkey Poverty Rate 1987-2020
Poverty headcount ratio at $5.50 a day is the percentage of the population living on less than $5.50 a day at 2011 international prices. As a result of revisions in PPP exchange rates, poverty rates for individual countries cannot be compared with poverty rates reported in earlier editions.
- Turkey poverty rate for 2018 was 9.20%, a 0% increase from 2017.
- Turkey poverty rate for 2017 was 9.20%, a 0.7% decline from 2016.
- Turkey poverty rate for 2016 was 9.90%, a 1.6% decline from 2015.
- Turkey poverty rate for 2015 was 11.50%, a 1% increase from 2014.
| Turkey Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2018 |
9.20% |
0.00% |
| 2017 |
9.20% |
-0.70% |
| 2016 |
9.90% |
-1.60% |
| 2015 |
11.50% |
1.00% |
| 2014 |
10.50% |
-0.90% |
| 2013 |
11.40% |
-1.60% |
| 2012 |
13.00% |
-0.60% |
| 2011 |
13.60% |
-2.30% |
| 2010 |
15.90% |
-0.80% |
| 2009 |
16.70% |
-0.20% |
| 2008 |
16.90% |
-2.90% |
| 2007 |
19.80% |
-3.40% |
| 2006 |
23.20% |
-2.50% |
| 2005 |
25.70% |
-2.40% |
| 2004 |
28.10% |
-10.40% |
| 2003 |
38.50% |
3.50% |
| 2002 |
35.00% |
-4.10% |
| 1994 |
39.10% |
-1.50% |
| 1987 |
40.60% |
-1.50% |
