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 и 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 indicater 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
province	overall	male	female	F Δ M	increase	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)

By default the table is sorted by 2019.

code	region	2018				2018 →2019	2019
code	region	overall	male	female	F Δ M	2018 →2019	overall	male	female	F Δ M
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)

Charts

Development of life expectancy in Turkey according to estimation of the World Bank Group^[9]
Life expectancy with calculated sex gap^[9]
Life expectancy in comparison to presidents of the country^[9]
Life expectancy in Turkey according to estimation of Our World in Data^[10]
Development of life expectancy in Turkey in comparison to other countries of the Near East^[9]

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of the world in 2019^[11]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[11]

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of Asia in 2019^[11]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[11]

Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019^[11]
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately^[11]

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^ "Data Portal for Statistics: Population and Demography". TurkStat. 26 April 2023. statistical table 'Healthy Life Years'
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