Personal income tax (PIT) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — Top in Türkiye
Türkiye: Personal income tax (PIT) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — Top was 5.58 Factor of average annual wage in 2025. ▼ Falling
Personal income tax (PIT) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — Top in Türkiye, 2000–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Factor of average annual wage.
Analysis
In 2025, personal income tax (pit) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — top in Türkiye stood at 5.58 Factor of average annual wage.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, personal income tax (pit) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — top in Türkiye peaked at 11.46 Factor of average annual wage in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.82 Factor of average annual wage, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Personal income tax (PIT) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — Top in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Factor of average annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.46 Factor of average annual wage | — |
| 2001 | 9.3 Factor of average annual wage | -18.9% |
| 2002 | 9.27 Factor of average annual wage | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 9.83 Factor of average annual wage | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 10.39 Factor of average annual wage | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 5.32 Factor of average annual wage | -48.8% |
| 2006 | 2.95 Factor of average annual wage | -44.5% |
| 2007 | 3.72 Factor of average annual wage | +25.8% |
| 2008 | 3.49 Factor of average annual wage | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 3.53 Factor of average annual wage | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 4.71 Factor of average annual wage | +33.5% |
| 2011 | 4.54 Factor of average annual wage | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 4.49 Factor of average annual wage | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 4.28 Factor of average annual wage | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 4 Factor of average annual wage | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 3.86 Factor of average annual wage | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 3.46 Factor of average annual wage | -10.4% |
| 2017 | 3.13 Factor of average annual wage | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 2.88 Factor of average annual wage | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 2.82 Factor of average annual wage | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 8.77 Factor of average annual wage | +211.5% |
| 2021 | 8.03 Factor of average annual wage | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 6.36 Factor of average annual wage | -20.8% |
| 2023 | 6.62 Factor of average annual wage | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 5.49 Factor of average annual wage | -17.1% |
| 2025 | 5.58 Factor of average annual wage | +1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Personal income tax (PIT) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — Top in Türkiye 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +211.5% | 2.82 Factor of average annual wage | 8.77 Factor of average annual wage |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.93 Factor of average annual wage | 2.95 Factor of average annual wage | 11.46 Factor of average annual wage | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.82 Factor of average annual wage | 2.82 Factor of average annual wage | 4.71 Factor of average annual wage | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.81 Factor of average annual wage | 5.49 Factor of average annual wage | 8.77 Factor of average annual wage | 6 |
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- Gross Fixed Capital Formation — Annual growth US$, 2015 prices 3.87 % (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is personal income tax (pit) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — top in Türkiye?
- Personal income tax (pit) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — top in Türkiye was 5.58 Factor of average annual wage in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest personal income tax (pit) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — top recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 11.46 Factor of average annual wage in 2000.
- What is the lowest personal income tax (pit) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — top recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.82 Factor of average annual wage in 2019.
- How does Türkiye rank for personal income tax (pit) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — top?
- Türkiye ranks 1st out of 7 countries with data for 2025.
- Is personal income tax (pit) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — top rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Personal income tax (PIT) - top statutory and marginal tax rate — Top statutory personal income tax rate earnings threshold. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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A single person without dependants based on the earnings level where the top statutory personal income tax rate first applies. The marginal tax rates are derived on the basis of a unit increase in gross wage earnings at the threshold. Related topics: Taxing Wages, Labour taxation, Tax wedge decomposition, Average wage, Income, Household