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Mortality in Turkiye, by the numbers

Turkiye sits in Europe & Central Asia. A newborn there can expect about 77.5 years of life, 81st of 212 countries with data. Below, every mortality measure the National Death Index tracks for Turkiye, each with its global rank and source year.

Life expectancy
77.5 yrs
81st of 212
Suicide rate
2.7 /100k
24th lowest of 182
Adult obesity
29.8 %
23rd highest of 143

17 measures · sources: World Bank Open Data and WHO Global Health Observatory (Global Health Estimates 2021) · latest available year per figure

How Turkiye ranks, measure by measure
MeasureValueWorld rankYear
Life expectancy at birth 77.5 yrs 81 of 212 2024
Age-standardized death rate 6.9 /1,000 126 of 182 2021
Crude death rate 5.7 /1,000 168 of 212 2024
Life expectancy at 60 19.3 yrs 71 of 182 2021
Male mortality penalty 60.8 /1,000 107 of 212 2024
Life-expectancy gap (F−M) 5.7 yrs 70 of 212 2024
Old-age sex ratio (65+) 78.7 men/100 women 95 of 212 2024
Infant mortality 8.0 /1,000 123 of 192 2024
Maternal mortality 15.0 /100k 133 of 191 2023
Premature NCD mortality 15.4 % 122 of 182 2021
Suicide rate 2.7 /100k 159 of 182 2021
Road-traffic deaths 6.7 /100k 149 of 187 2019
Adult obesity 29.8 % 23 of 143 2017
Recorded alcohol per adult 1.7 L 141 of 185 2020
Population aged 65+ 10.3 % 91 of 212 2024
Health spending per capita $548 84 of 191 2023
GDP per capita $15,893 82 of 212 2024

Measured against the rest of the world, Turkiye's sharpest departures from the middle of the pack are the 24th lowest suicide rate in the world (2.7 /100k) and the 23rd highest adult obesity in the world (29.8 %). Every figure above is the most recent the source reports for Turkiye; the year sits beside each one, and rankings cover only countries with data for that measure.