Turkey - Poverty gap

Poverty gap at $2 a day (PPP) (%)

The value for Poverty gap at $2 a day (PPP) (%) in Turkey was 0.74 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2.62 in 2003 and a minimum value of 0.74 in 2008.

Definition: Poverty gap is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1987 1.68
1994 2.38
2002 2.30
2003 2.62
2004 2.42
2005 1.96
2006 1.58
2007 1.20
2008 0.74

Poverty gap at $1.25 a day (PPP) (%)

Poverty gap at $1.25 a day (PPP) (%) in Turkey was 0.00 as of 2008. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 0.66 in 2003, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 2008.

Definition: Poverty gap is the mean shortfall from the poverty line (counting the nonpoor as having zero shortfall), expressed as a percentage of the poverty line. This measure reflects the depth of poverty as well as its incidence.

Source: World Bank, Development Research Group. Data are based on primary household survey data obtained from government statistical agencies and World Bank country departments. Data for high-income economies are from the Luxembourg Income Study database. For more information and methodology, please see PovcalNet (http://iresearch.worldbank.org/PovcalNet/index.htm).

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Year Value
1987 0.33
1994 0.50
2002 0.47
2003 0.66
2004 0.60
2005 0.65
2006 0.51
2007 0.37
2008 0.00

Classification

Topic: Poverty Indicators

Sub-Topic: Poverty rates