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Turkiye

Europe & Central Asia · Upper middle income · capital Ankara

Reports 20 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

77.4years

Ranks 83 of 217 in 2024

4% above world median · 3% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

9.6per 1,000 live births

Ranks 72 of 196 in 2024

36% below world median · 1.5× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

15per 100,000 live births

Ranks 57 of 194 in 2023

68% below world median · 1.5× above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2018 · 8 years old

6.0% of under-5s

Ranks 7 of 48 in 2018

74% below world median · 3% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 48 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

4.28% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

33% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

1.48births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

22% below world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2021 · 5 years old

97.3% of adults 15+

Ranks 10 of 44 in 2021

9% above world median · 3% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 44 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2023 · 3 years old

102.4% gross

Ranks 57 of 166 in 2023

2% above world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 166 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Education spending

2022 · 4 years old

3.10% of GDP

Ranks 117 of 164 in 2022

24% below world median · 31% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 164 countries reporting in 2022 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

18,599current US$

Ranks 61 of 186 in 2025

1.4× above world median · 33% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

45,288international $

Ranks 50 of 185 in 2025

1.2× above world median · 11% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Extreme poverty

2023 · 3 years old

0.2% of population

Ranks 11 of 57 in 2023

78% below world median · 50% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Income inequality (Gini)

2023 · 3 years old

43.7index, 0–100

Ranks 49 of 57 in 2023

29% above world median · 40% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 57 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

8.5% of labour force

Ranks 137 of 182 in 2025

68% above world median · 53% above Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

34.9% per year

Not ranked — no better end

10.5× above world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

1.92% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

21% above world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

100.0% of population

Ranks 1 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2025 · 1 year old

89.8% of population

Ranks 9 of 10 in 2025

3% below world median · 4% below Europe & Central Asia

Medians computed across 10 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

5.38t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

1.1× above world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

85.9mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

12.1× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Turkiye has no figure in this dataset for Safe drinking water. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.