EU 16.23
· European ranking
1 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Turkey: Poverty Rate
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
23.40% of people
EU 16.23 · +7.2 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people whose equivalised disposable income after social transfers is below 60% of the national median. It is a relative-income measure rather than a measure of absolute poverty.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat At-risk-of-poverty rate TESPM010
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Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Turkey performs less favourably than the European benchmark on At-risk-of-poverty rate, with a large gap. The trend context points to clearer recent change. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Turkey
In Turkey, Poverty risk stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 23.4% versus 16.2% in 2025, a large gap of 7.2 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Turkey, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 23.00% in 2020 to 23.40% in 2025. Although the primary period is broadly stable, the latest step, from 22.20% in 2024 to 23.40% in 2025, shows material deterioration and provides a clearer recent signal.
Reading within the topic
In Turkey, Poverty & Financial Vulnerability shows a mixed picture: pressure signals and relative strengths coexist across this indicator and its related indicators compared with Europe. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.