Turkey - GINI index

GINI index (World Bank estimate)

The value for GINI index (World Bank estimate) in Turkey was 41.90 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 32 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43.50 in 1987 and a minimum value of 38.40 in 2007.

Definition: Gini index measures the extent to which the distribution of income (or, in some cases, consumption expenditure) among individuals or households within an economy deviates from a perfectly equal distribution. A Lorenz curve plots the cumulative percentages of total income received against the cumulative number of recipients, starting with the poorest individual or household. The Gini index measures the area between the Lorenz curve and a hypothetical line of absolute equality, expressed as a percentage of the maximum area under the line. Thus a Gini index of 0 represents perfect equality, while an index of 100 implies perfect inequality.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldban

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Year Value
1987 43.50
1994 41.30
2002 41.40
2003 42.20
2004 41.30
2005 42.60
2006 39.60
2007 38.40
2008 39.00
2009 39.00
2010 38.80
2011 40.00
2012 40.20
2013 40.20
2014 41.20
2015 42.90
2016 41.90
2017 41.40
2018 41.90
2019 41.90

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Income distribution