Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Türkiye

0.4% of people in Türkiye lived on less than $4.20 a day in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1987.

Measure: Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) Unit: % of population Data: 1987 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Türkiye, 2023 0.4% % of population
Change from 2022 −0.8percentage points 2022: 1.2%
World, 2023 19.3% Official aggregate
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023 0.6% Middle value of 25 countries

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) in Türkiye over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Poverty rate at $4.20 a day (2021 PPP) (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period TürkiyeWorld
2024 – 18.2%
2023 0.4% 19.3%
2022 1.2% 20.5%
2021 2.3% 21.4%
2020 3.0% 22.1%
2019 3.0% –
2018 2.6% 22.3%
2017 2.8% 23.6%
2016 3.0% 24.9%
2015 4.1% 26.3%
2014 4.0% 27.9%
2013 4.2% 29.3%
2012 5.0% 32.0%
2011 5.7% 33.6%
2010 6.5% 35.8%
2009 7.0% 38.1%
2008 8.2% 39.3%
2007 9.5% 40.5%
2006 11.2% 42.2%
2005 13.2% 43.7%
2004 13.9% 45.4%
2003 19.8% 47.2%
2002 17.7% 48.6%
2001 – 49.9%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.8 percentage points from 1.2% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 4.2%, the figure has changed by −3.8 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 19.3%.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.LMIC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1987 to 2023 for Türkiye
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform