Turkey is administratively divided into 81 provinces. According to estimation of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), life expectancy at birth in Turkey in period 2018-2020 was 78.3 years (75.6 years for male and 81.1 years for female).
Healthy life expectancy for period 2019-2021 was 58.1 years (59.6 years for male and 56.5 years for female).
According to alternative data from the WHO, for 2019 life expectancy in Turkey was 78.6 years (76.4 years for male and 80.7 years for female). And healthy life expectancy was 68.4 years (67.8 years for male and 69.0 years for female).
According to estimation of the World Bank Group, in 2019 life expectancy in Turkey was 77.8 years (74.7 for male, 81.0 for female). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 2020 this indicator decreased till 75.9 years (72,8 for male, 79,1 for female).
In 2015-17, the difference in life expectancy between the most prosperous and disadvantaged provinces was 4.55 years. In 2018-20, this difference was 4.69 years.
TurkStat (2018-2020)
By default the table is sorted by 2018-2020.
Source: TurkStat
Eurostat (2018, 2019)
By default the table is sorted by 2019.
Data source: Eurostat
Global Data Lab (2019–2022)
Data source: Global Data Lab
Charts
See also
- List of countries by life expectancy
- List of Asian countries by life expectancy
- List of European countries by life expectancy
- Provinces of Turkey by population
- Demographics of Turkey
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