Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Turkey
Turkey: Monthly minimum wage, per capita was 0.0003 units per person in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Turkey, 1999–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per person.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 0.0003 units per person for monthly minimum wage, per capita in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.5% on the previous year and up 1,759.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, monthly minimum wage, per capita in Turkey peaked at 0.0003 units per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0 units per person, in 1999.
Turkey ranks 102nd of 170 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Turkey, year by year
| Year | units per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0 units per person | — |
| 2000 | 0 units per person | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 0 units per person | +39.4% |
| 2002 | 0 units per person | +47.6% |
| 2003 | 0 units per person | +20.5% |
| 2004 | 0 units per person | +43.5% |
| 2005 | 0 units per person | +9.0% |
| 2006 | 0 units per person | +7.5% |
| 2007 | 0 units per person | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 0 units per person | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 0 units per person | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 0 units per person | +8.2% |
| 2011 | 0 units per person | +8.4% |
| 2012 | 0 units per person | +11.0% |
| 2013 | 0 units per person | +7.2% |
| 2014 | 0 units per person | +9.5% |
| 2015 | 0 units per person | +10.9% |
| 2016 | 0 units per person | +27.6% |
| 2017 | 0 units per person | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 0 units per person | +12.6% |
| 2019 | 0 units per person | +24.2% |
| 2020 | 0 units per person | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 0 units per person | +20.5% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 units per person | +79.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0002 units per person | +106.5% |
| 2024 | 0.0002 units per person | +48.8% |
| 2025 | 0.0003 units per person | +29.5% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 0.0003 units per person is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0017 units per person, 18% of the median. (53 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 0.0003 units per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0003 units per person, 1.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Turkey changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +106.5% | 0.0001 units per person | 0.0002 units per person |
| 2022 | +79.1% | 0 units per person | 0.0001 units per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 0 units per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 units per person | 0 units per person | 0.0003 units per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More work & labour data for Turkey
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 31,966 (2027)
- Labour force participation rate (ILO modelled estimates) 54.63 (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) 38,497 (2027)
- Unemployment rate (ILO modelled estimates) 8.78 (2027)
- Labour dependency ratio 1.51 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2021 international $ at PPP 95,928 (2027)
- Output per worker, GDP constant 2015 US $ 41,171 (2027)
- Employment-to-population ratio (ILO modelled estimates) 49.84 (2027)
- Persons outside the labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+) 0.6505 % change on previous year (2027)
- Labour force (ILO modelled estimates) (15+), annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2027)
Frequently asked questions
- What is monthly minimum wage, per capita in Turkey?
- Monthly minimum wage, per capita in Turkey was 0.0003 units per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest monthly minimum wage, per capita recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0003 units per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest monthly minimum wage, per capita recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 units per person in 1999.
- How does Turkey rank for monthly minimum wage, per capita?
- Turkey ranks 102nd out of 170 countries with data for 2025.
- Is monthly minimum wage, per capita rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,759.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Monthly minimum wage, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Monthly minimum wage divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Monthly minimum wage ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Monthly minimum wage International Labour Organization
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Monthly minimum wage divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.