Income share of the richest 20% — all countries

Income share of the richest 20% — Türkiye

Income share of the richest 20% in Türkiye in 2023 — 49.7%. Ranked 49 in the world out of 57. Since 1987, the indicator has risen by 2 pp.

2023 49.7% −0.8 pp vs 2022
World rank 49of 57
Period maximum 50.5%2022
Period minimum 44.7%2007

Trend over time

1987–2023 · % of income

Income share of the richest 20% — Türkiye, 1987–2023444648505219871991199519992003200720112015201920231987: 47.7%1994: 47.6%2002: 47.7%2003: 48.4%2004: 47%2005: 48.3%2006: 45.6%2007: 44.7%2008: 45.1%2009: 45.4%2010: 45.2%2011: 46.5%2012: 46.6%2013: 46.6%2014: 47.7%2015: 49.2%2016: 48.3%2017: 49.4%2018: 48.3%2019: 49.6%2020: 48.8%2021: 50.1%2022: 50.5%2023: 49.7%
Change over the period: +2 pp Annual average: 0.06 pp
Income share of the richest 20% — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 49.7 −0.8 pp
2022 50.5 +0.4 pp
2021 50.1 +1.3 pp
2020 48.8 −0.8 pp
2019 49.6 +1.3 pp
2018 48.3 −1.1 pp
2017 49.4 +1.1 pp
2016 48.3 −0.9 pp
2015 49.2 +1.5 pp
2014 47.7 +1.1 pp
2013 46.6 +0 pp
2012 46.6 +0.1 pp
2011 46.5 +1.3 pp
2010 45.2 −0.2 pp
2009 45.4 +0.3 pp
2008 45.1 +0.4 pp
2007 44.7 −0.9 pp
2006 45.6 −2.7 pp
2005 48.3 +1.3 pp
2004 47 −1.4 pp
2003 48.4 +0.7 pp
2002 47.7
1994 47.6
1987 47.7

Western Asia, 2023

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About the indicator

The share of total income or consumption that goes to the richest twenty percent of the population. Under complete equality it would be twenty percent; in the most unequal countries of Latin America and Southern Africa it comes to more than sixty. The ratio of this share to the share of the poorest quintile — the quintile ratio, S80/S20 — was historically the first measure of inequality, and it speaks more clearly than the Gini index about the gap between the poles.

Important: There are no aggregates for country groups for the same reason as with the Gini index: the quintile of a group is not a union of national quintiles. Household surveys systematically understate the incomes of the richest, so real inequality is higher than measured.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.