List of Turkish provinces by life expectancy

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).[1]

Healthy life expectancy for period 2019-2021 was 58.1 years (59.6 years for male and 56.5 years for female).[2]

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).[3]

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).[4][5][6]

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.

Provinces (ils) of Turkey by life expectancy in 2015-2017 and 2018-2020[1]
province 2015-2017 increase 2018-2020
overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M
Turkey 78.00 75.30 80.80 5.50 0.33 78.33 75.60 81.12 5.52
Gümüşhane 79.77 76.25 83.46 7.20 1.01 80.78 78.07 83.54 5.47
Muğla 80.28 77.59 83.18 5.59 0.42 80.70 77.75 83.96 6.22
Tunceli 80.69 77.41 84.25 6.84 −0.36 80.33 77.01 84.06 7.05
Trabzon 80.00 76.48 83.37 6.90 0.29 80.29 76.77 83.79 7.02
Ordu 79.29 76.18 82.56 6.38 0.75 80.04 77.23 82.97 5.75
Giresun 79.67 76.32 83.07 6.75 0.32 79.99 76.63 83.51 6.88
Antalya 79.30 76.66 82.11 5.45 0.44 79.73 77.26 82.38 5.12
Erzincan 79.19 76.07 82.47 6.40 0.42 79.60 76.91 82.34 5.43
Bolu 79.15 76.51 81.79 5.28 0.37 79.52 77.01 82.04 5.03
Artvin 79.35 76.27 82.65 6.38 0.11 79.46 76.37 82.75 6.38
Rize 79.01 74.82 83.18 8.36 0.39 79.40 75.55 83.27 7.72
Mardin 79.83 76.85 82.71 5.85 −0.51 79.32 76.73 81.84 5.11
Ankara 79.36 76.69 81.94 5.25 −0.06 79.29 76.55 82.02 5.47
Adıyaman 79.71 77.27 82.12 4.85 −0.42 79.29 76.94 81.67 4.73
Bayburt 79.08 76.26 82.19 5.93 0.14 79.22 77.05 81.40 4.36
Yalova 78.61 75.89 81.46 5.57 0.60 79.21 76.29 82.29 6.00
Bingöl 78.84 76.01 81.82 5.81 0.34 79.18 76.50 82.09 5.59
Burdur 79.17 76.10 82.28 6.18 −0.04 79.13 75.99 82.38 6.39
Iğdır 78.83 75.82 81.98 6.16 0.28 79.11 76.39 81.96 5.57
Istanbul 78.70 75.79 81.55 5.75 0.38 79.08 76.20 81.95 5.75
Karabük 78.40 75.38 81.55 6.18 0.67 79.07 76.24 82.00 5.76
Malatya 79.02 76.05 82.06 6.01 0.01 79.02 76.16 81.98 5.82
Amasya 78.47 75.72 81.26 5.54 0.53 78.99 76.29 81.76 5.46
İzmir 78.65 75.77 81.58 5.82 0.34 78.99 76.04 82.01 5.97
Mersin 78.23 75.49 81.06 5.57 0.68 78.91 76.33 81.58 5.25
Kahramanmaraş 79.24 77.04 81.53 4.49 −0.38 78.86 76.59 81.31 4.71
Çorum 78.63 75.90 81.47 5.57 0.21 78.85 76.20 81.57 5.37
Karaman 78.72 76.40 81.07 4.67 0.05 78.77 76.05 81.60 5.55
Elazığ 78.63 75.94 81.34 5.40 0.09 78.72 76.06 81.42 5.36
Isparta 78.70 76.09 81.32 5.24 −0.03 78.66 75.92 81.47 5.55
Çanakkale 77.99 75.13 81.02 5.88 0.66 78.65 75.56 81.95 6.39
Sinop 78.41 75.32 81.71 6.39 0.21 78.61 75.68 81.75 6.07
Aydın 78.53 75.47 81.76 6.29 0.04 78.57 75.54 81.78 6.24
Samsun 78.07 75.04 81.15 6.11 0.48 78.55 75.55 81.67 6.12
Eskişehir 77.98 75.24 80.78 5.54 0.56 78.54 75.84 81.29 5.45
Aksaray 78.32 75.68 80.88 5.20 0.19 78.51 75.52 81.51 5.99
Bartın 77.89 75.64 80.16 4.52 0.61 78.50 75.68 81.45 5.77
Batman 79.29 76.10 82.27 6.18 −0.81 78.48 75.37 81.54 6.18
Denizli 78.17 75.32 81.07 5.74 0.31 78.48 75.70 81.32 5.62
Diyarbakır 78.91 75.67 82.03 6.36 −0.43 78.48 75.48 81.51 6.03
Osmaniye 78.01 75.29 80.81 5.53 0.46 78.47 76.08 80.91 4.82
Sivas 77.97 75.42 80.65 5.23 0.49 78.46 75.91 81.16 5.25
Kocaeli 78.08 75.73 80.53 4.80 0.30 78.38 75.82 81.08 5.25
Şırnak 77.62 73.36 81.84 8.48 0.70 78.32 74.44 82.30 7.86
Niğde 77.63 74.69 80.61 5.92 0.67 78.30 75.36 81.28 5.92
Kayseri 77.87 75.31 80.44 5.14 0.37 78.24 75.66 80.86 5.20
Bursa 77.68 75.01 80.42 5.42 0.56 78.24 75.52 81.05 5.53
Zonguldak 77.81 75.12 80.49 5.37 0.39 78.20 75.48 80.96 5.48
Konya 78.33 75.76 80.86 5.10 −0.20 78.13 75.45 80.83 5.37
Tokat 77.52 74.94 80.16 5.22 0.57 78.09 75.52 80.75 5.22
Düzce 77.49 74.49 80.69 6.20 0.55 78.04 75.19 81.06 5.87
Kırklareli 77.68 74.64 80.96 6.32 0.36 78.03 74.95 81.37 6.43
Muş 77.45 74.71 80.10 5.39 0.58 78.03 75.44 80.64 5.20
Balıkesir 77.50 74.65 80.49 5.84 0.53 78.02 75.07 81.17 6.11
Siirt 78.37 75.24 81.40 6.16 −0.35 78.02 74.71 81.56 6.85
Kastamonu 77.36 74.51 80.32 5.81 0.66 78.02 75.03 81.16 6.14
Edirne 77.35 74.24 80.69 6.45 0.59 77.95 74.79 81.36 6.57
Kırıkkale 77.78 74.89 80.78 5.89 0.15 77.93 75.17 80.80 5.63
Nevşehir 77.85 75.45 80.17 4.72 0.06 77.91 75.03 80.83 5.79
Sakarya 77.51 74.79 80.34 5.55 0.35 77.85 75.16 80.69 5.53
Bilecik 77.83 74.99 80.77 5.78 0.02 77.85 75.36 80.47 5.11
Kırşehir 78.46 75.44 81.45 6.00 −0.62 77.84 74.89 80.77 5.88
Bitlis 78.40 75.64 81.06 5.42 −0.61 77.79 74.82 80.95 6.13
Çankırı 78.03 75.39 80.81 5.42 −0.25 77.78 75.17 80.56 5.39
Kars 77.34 75.09 79.74 4.65 0.43 77.78 75.05 80.80 5.74
Tekirdağ 77.58 74.93 80.43 5.50 0.19 77.77 75.01 80.77 5.76
Yozgat 77.48 74.75 80.29 5.55 0.24 77.73 74.85 80.74 5.89
Adana 77.53 74.70 80.38 5.67 0.13 77.66 74.91 80.47 5.56
Hatay 77.93 75.74 80.17 4.43 −0.28 77.65 75.42 79.97 4.55
Uşak 78.11 75.92 80.31 4.39 −0.46 77.65 74.93 80.46 5.53
Ardahan 76.93 74.21 79.91 5.70 0.69 77.62 74.78 80.86 6.08
Erzurum 77.29 74.90 79.70 4.80 0.29 77.58 75.36 79.84 4.47
Şanlıurfa 77.73 74.60 80.71 6.11 −0.16 77.57 74.48 80.62 6.14
Kütahya 76.79 74.50 79.10 4.60 0.67 77.46 75.04 79.94 4.90
Manisa 77.10 74.39 79.90 5.51 0.27 77.37 74.53 80.35 5.82
Hakkâri 77.12 74.13 80.00 5.87 0.05 77.17 74.27 80.07 5.80
Van 76.96 74.44 79.53 5.09 0.13 77.10 74.90 79.32 4.42
Afyonkarahisar 77.07 74.54 79.64 5.10 −0.11 76.96 74.28 79.73 5.45
Ağrı 76.77 74.25 79.35 5.10 0.00 76.78 74.11 79.65 5.54
Gaziantep 76.94 74.33 79.52 5.20 −0.56 76.38 73.80 79.03 5.24
Kilis 76.14 72.87 79.55 6.67 −0.05 76.09 73.47 78.83 5.37

Source: TurkStat[1]


Eurostat (2018, 2019)

See also: List of European regions by life expectancy

By default the table is sorted by 2019.

code region 2018 2018
→2019 		2019
overall male female F Δ M overall male female F Δ M
Turkey on average 78.9 76.2 81.6 5.4 0.2 79.1 76.4 81.8 5.4
TR90 Trabzon region: Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane 80.6 77.3 83.9 6.6 0.1 80.7 77.5 83.8 6.3
TRC3 Mardin region: Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt — — — — — 80.1 77.4 82.7 5.3
TRB1 Malatya region: Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli 80.1 77.4 82.8 5.4 −0.1 80.0 77.4 82.7 5.3
TR61 Antalya region: Antalya, Isparta, Burdur 79.7 77.3 82.2 4.9 0.2 79.9 77.4 82.5 5.1
TR51 Ankara 79.6 77.1 82.1 5.0 0.3 79.9 77.2 82.5 5.3
TR10 Istanbul 79.4 76.5 82.1 5.6 0.2 79.6 76.9 82.2 5.3
TR32 Aydın region: Aydın, Denizli, Muğla 79.6 76.8 82.7 5.9 −0.1 79.5 76.9 82.3 5.4
TR52 Konya region: Konya, Karaman 78.8 76.3 81.3 5.0 0.4 79.2 76.6 81.8 5.2
TR31 İzmir 79.2 76.3 82.2 5.9 0.0 79.2 76.4 82.0 5.6
TR82 Kastamonu region: Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop 78.7 75.9 81.6 5.7 0.5 79.2 76.3 82.3 6.0
TRA1 Erzurum region: Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt 78.8 76.6 80.9 4.3 0.3 79.1 76.9 81.4 4.5
TR72 Kayseri region: Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat 78.7 76.1 81.2 5.1 0.4 79.1 76.7 81.6 4.9
TR81 Zonguldak region: Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın 78.2 75.4 81.0 5.6 0.9 79.1 76.7 81.5 4.8
TR83 Samsun region: Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya 78.9 76.2 81.7 5.5 0.2 79.1 76.4 82.0 5.6
TR63 Hatay region: Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye 79.1 77.0 81.3 4.3 −0.1 79.0 77.0 81.0 4.0
TR42 Kocaeli region: Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova 78.5 75.9 81.2 5.3 0.3 78.8 76.3 81.4 5.1
TR41 Bursa region: Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik 78.4 75.8 81.1 5.3 0.4 78.8 76.3 81.3 5.0
TR71 Kırıkkale region: Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir 78.7 75.8 81.6 5.8 0.0 78.7 76.1 81.2 5.1
TRC2 Şanlıurfa region: Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır 79.4 76.2 82.6 6.4 −0.7 78.7 75.6 81.7 6.1
TRB2 Van region: Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkâri 78.4 75.9 80.8 4.9 0.2 78.6 76.3 80.9 4.6
TR62 Adana region: Adana, Mersin 78.7 76.2 81.2 5.0 −0.1 78.6 76.0 81.3 5.3
TRA2 Ağrı region: Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan 78.0 75.5 80.6 5.1 0.6 78.6 75.9 81.6 5.7
TR22 Balıkesir region: Balıkesir, Çanakkale 78.3 75.3 81.4 6.1 0.2 78.5 75.6 81.5 5.9
TR21 Tekirdağ region: Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli 77.8 74.9 80.9 6.0 0.6 78.4 75.6 81.4 5.8
TR33 Manisa region: Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak 77.7 75.0 80.4 5.4 0.2 77.9 75.2 80.7 5.5
TRC1 Gaziantep region: Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis 78.1 75.8 80.4 4.6 −0.3 77.8 75.2 80.3 5.1

Data source: Eurostat[7][8]

Life expectancy in Turkish regions in comparison with regions of other European countries in 2018 and 2019, according to Eurostat[7][8] (legends on the maps are different)


Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

Main article: List of Asian regions by life expectancy
Main article: List of European regions by life expectancy § Estimate of the Global Data Lab (2019—2021)
region 2019 2019
→2021 		2021 2021
→2022 		2022 2019
→2022
overall male female F Δ M overall overall male female F Δ M
Turkey on average 77.83 74.68 80.95 6.27 −1.80 76.03 2.45 78.48 75.38 81.50 6.12 0.65
East Black Sea Region 79.33 75.62 82.90 7.28 −1.84 77.49 2.49 79.98 76.33 83.45 7.12 0.65
West Anatolia Region 78.33 75.15 81.40 6.25 −1.81 76.52 2.46 78.98 75.85 81.95 6.10 0.65
Istanbul Region 78.25 75.04 81.32 6.28 −1.81 76.44 2.45 78.89 75.74 81.86 6.12 0.64
Central East Anatolia Region 77.88 74.93 80.83 5.90 −1.80 76.08 2.44 78.52 75.63 81.37 5.74 0.64
Mediterranean Region 77.77 74.88 80.69 5.81 −1.80 75.97 2.44 78.41 75.58 81.23 5.65 0.64
West Black Sea Region 77.77 74.60 81.06 6.46 −1.80 75.97 2.44 78.41 75.30 81.60 6.30 0.64
Central Anatolia Region 77.60 74.61 80.57 5.96 −1.80 75.80 2.44 78.24 75.31 81.11 5.80 0.64
Aegean Region 77.56 74.35 80.83 6.48 −1.79 75.77 2.43 78.20 75.04 81.37 6.33 0.64
Northeast Anatolia Region 77.50 74.54 80.63 6.09 −1.79 75.71 2.43 78.14 75.24 81.17 5.93 0.64
East Marmara Region 77.46 74.45 80.47 6.02 −1.79 75.67 2.43 78.10 75.15 81.01 5.86 0.64
Southeast Anatolia Region 77.44 74.10 80.64 6.54 −1.79 75.65 2.43 78.08 74.79 81.18 6.39 0.64
West Marmara Region 77.11 73.77 80.57 6.80 −1.78 75.33 2.42 77.75 74.46 81.11 6.65 0.64

Data source: Global Data Lab[9]


Charts


  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of the world in 2019[12]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of the world in 2019[12]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[12]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[12]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of Asia in 2019[12]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of Asia in 2019[12]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[12]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[12]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019[12]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019[12]
  • Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[12]
    Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately[12]

See also

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