EU 20.40
· European ranking
1 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Turkey: Poverty & Social Exclusion Risk
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2025
29.80% of people
EU 20.40 · +9.4 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the share of people experiencing at least one of three conditions: risk of poverty after social transfers, severe material and social deprivation, or living in a household with very low work intensity. People meeting more than one condition are counted only once.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion ILC_PEPS11N
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At a glance
Turkey performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Persons at risk of poverty or social exclusion, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed improvement. The wider topic context is mixed, combining pressure signals and relative strengths.
European comparison in Turkey
In Turkey, Poverty or exclusion stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 29.8% versus 20.4% in 2025, a large gap of 9.4 percentage points.
Recent trend
In Turkey, the medium-term pattern shows improvement: the value moved from 34.10% in 2020 to 29.80% in 2025. The latest step, from 30.40% in 2024 to 29.80% in 2025, confirms the improvement. The recent signal is weaker than the primary one.
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. Recent changes among related indicators are also mixed, with improvement in some and deterioration in others.