Turkey Poverty Rate 1987-2021
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 2019 was 10.20%, a 1.7% increase from 2018.
- Turkey poverty rate for 2018 was 8.50%, a 0.2% decline from 2017.
- Turkey poverty rate for 2017 was 8.70%, a 0.8% decline from 2016.
- Turkey poverty rate for 2016 was 9.50%, a 1.2% decline from 2015.
| Turkey Poverty Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
% Under US $5.50 Per Day |
Change |
| 2019 |
10.20% |
1.70% |
| 2018 |
8.50% |
-0.20% |
| 2017 |
8.70% |
-0.80% |
| 2016 |
9.50% |
-1.20% |
| 2015 |
10.70% |
0.70% |
| 2014 |
10.00% |
-0.70% |
| 2013 |
10.70% |
-1.60% |
| 2012 |
12.30% |
-0.80% |
| 2011 |
13.10% |
-2.10% |
| 2010 |
15.20% |
-0.50% |
| 2009 |
15.70% |
0.00% |
| 2008 |
15.70% |
-3.40% |
| 2007 |
19.10% |
-2.80% |
| 2006 |
21.90% |
-2.70% |
| 2005 |
24.60% |
-2.40% |
| 2004 |
27.00% |
-10.00% |
| 2003 |
37.00% |
3.30% |
| 2002 |
33.70% |
-4.10% |
| 1994 |
37.80% |
-1.40% |
| 1987 |
39.20% |
-1.40% |
