Türkiye Snapshot
Türkiye Snapshot
Population 86, 092, 168 (2025)
Income Distribution Statistics, 2025
The highest income group's share of total income was 48.0%.
The
income data for the 2025 Income and Living Conditions Survey, from
which income distribution statistics are calculated, refers to the
previous calendar year, 2024. In income calculations, household incomes
are converted to equivalent disposable income per capita, taking into
account household size and composition.
According to the latest
survey results, the share of total income received by the top 20% group
with the highest equivalent disposable income per capita decreased by
0.1 percentage points compared to the previous year, reaching 48.0%,
while the share received by the bottom 20% group with the lowest income
increased by 0.1 percentage points, reaching 6.4%.
Distribution of annual equivalent disposable household income
per capita by 20% groups (%), 2016-2025
Survey year 2016 2022 2025Income reference yaer 2015 2021 2024
Total 100% 100% 100%
First 20% (lowest) 6.2% 6.1% 6.4%
Second 20% 10.6% 10.4% 10.4% Third 20% 15% 14.7% 14.6%Fourth 20% 21.1% 21.3% 20.7%Last 20% (highest) 47.2% 48% 48% ONE 20% of population means approx. 17 million 218 thousand and 433 people! *****************************************************************************We see that the sum of last and fourth quantile the 40th procent of populationapprox 34 million 436 thousand people gains the 68% of the yearly income. The rest of60% (the main population) collects the 31%). The first statictical data is from 2006and there, this two quantiles collects the 68.6% of the income. (Data Source:TUIK, Turkish National Statistical Office www.tuik.gov.tr ) This is the
result of the AKP Justice and Development Party politics. The Win-win politic is
only a matter of the fourth and fifth quantile on the bodies of the Volk.***************************************************************************** Salaries and wages accounted for the largest share of total income, at 49.7%. Salaries and wages accounted for the largest share of total income, at 49.7%,
an increase of 0.9 percentage points compared to the previous year.Entrepreneurial income came in second at 18.3%, a decrease of 2.5 percentage points compared to the previous year, while social transfer income ranked third at 18.2%,showing an increase of 0.4 percentage points compared to the previous year.
Agricultural income accounted for 15.6% of entrepreneurial income, while pensions and widow/orphan allowances accounted for 89.3% of social transfers. (Source: TUIK, https://veriportali.tuik.gov.tr/tr/press/53993 10/06/2026)Distribution of household consumption expenditure by quintiles ordered by income, Türkiye, 2002-2025
(!!! I used the most important expenditure groups so the sum is not equal to 100 !!!!)
| Survey Year | ||||||||
| 2002 | Gıda ve alkolsüz içecekler - Food and non-alcoholic beverages | Alkollü içecekler, sigara ve tütün - Alcoholic beverages, cigaratte and tobacco | Giyim ve ayakkabı - Clothing and footwear | Konut ve kira - Housing and rent | Ulaştırma - Transportation | Lokanta ve oteller - Restaurant and hotels | ||
| Gelir grubu - Quintiles ordered by income | Toplam Total | 26.7 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 27.3 | 8.7 | 4.4 | |
| 1. %20 First quintile |
38.7 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 27.8 | 4.1 | 3.1 | ||
| 2. %20 Second quintile | 34.6 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 30.0 | 5.4 | 4.0 | ||
| 3. %20 Third quintile | 30.2 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 29.5 | 7.9 | 4.1 | ||
| 4. %20 Fourth quintile | 27.4 | 4.5 | 6.4 | 27.5 | 8.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 5. %20 Last quintile | 19.0 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 25.2 | 11.2 | 5.0 | ||
| 2016 | Gıda ve alkolsüz içecekler - Food and non-alcoholic beverages | Alkollü içecekler, sigara ve tütün - Alcoholic beverages, cigaratte and tobacco | Giyim ve ayakkabı - Clothing and footwear | Konut ve kira - Housing and rent | Ulaştırma - Transportation | Lokanta ve oteller - Restaurant and hotels | ||
| Toplam Total | 19.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 25.2 | 18.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 1. %20 First quintile |
28.9 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 32.0 | 8.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 2. %20 Second quintile | 24.9 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 28.4 | 13.9 | 5.0 | ||
| 3. %20 Third quintile | 22.0 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 26.9 | 15.9 | 5.7 | ||
| 4. %20 Fourth quintile | 19.5 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 25.0 | 18.5 | 6.4 | ||
| 5. %20 Last quintile | 14.2 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 21.7 | 22.8 | 7.6 | ||
| 2022(4) | Toplam Total | Gıda ve alkolsüz içecekler - Food and non-alcoholic beverages | Alkollü içecekler, tütün ve tütün ürünleri - Alcoholic beverages and tobacco | Giyim ve ayakkabı - Clothing and footwear | Konut ve kira - Housing and rent | Ulaştırma - Transport | Lokantalar ve konaklama hizmetleri - Restaurants and accommodation services | |
| 1. %20 First quintile |
22.9 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 22.4 | 21.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 2. %20 Second quintile | 36.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 29.4 | 8.3 | 3.1 | ||
| 3. %20 Third quintile | 29.9 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 25.6 | 14.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 4. %20 Fourth quintile | 26.0 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 24.2 | 16.6 | 5.3 | ||
| 5. %20 Last quintile | 21.8 | 3.2 | 5.1 | 21.8 | 22.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 16.6 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 19.3 | 28.6 | 6.8 | |||
| 2025(4) | Gıda ve alkolsüz içecekler - Food and non-alcoholic beverages | Alkollü içecekler, tütün ve tütün ürünleri - Alcoholic beverages and tobacco | Giyim ve ayakkabı - Clothing and footwear | Konut ve kira - Housing and rent | Ulaştırma - Transport | Lokantalar ve konaklama hizmetleri - Restaurants and accommodation services | ||
| Toplam Total | 17.3 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 29.3 | 20.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 1. %20 First quintile |
29.2 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 38.7 | 8.6 | 3.2 | ||
| 2. %20 Second quintile | 23.1 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 35.0 | 14.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 3. %20 Third quintile | 19.2 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 30.4 | 19.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 4. %20 Fourth quintile | 16.8 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 28.1 | 21.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 5. %20 Last quintile | 12.4 | 1.8 | 4.6 | 25.7 | 25.0 | 8.3 | ||
Source: TUIK, Turkish National Statistics Office, Household Consumption Expenditure Statistics, https://veriportali.tuik.gov.tr/tr/statistical-themes, 10/06/2026
Turkey: Area 783,562 km^2
Turkey Currency: Turkish Lira (Türk Lirası), TL, TRY, ₺,
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