# 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).
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.
| province | 2015-2017 | 2015-2017 | 2015-2017 | 2015-2017 | increase | 2018-2020 | 2018-2020 | 2018-2020 | 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

## Eurostat (2018, 2019)

By default the table is sorted by 2019.
| code | region | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 →2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 |
| code | region | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2018 →2019 | 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

## Global Data Lab (2019–2022)

| region | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 →2021 | 2021 | 2021 →2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2019 →2022 |
| region | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2021 | overall | 2021 →2022 | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2022 |
| 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

## Charts

* Development of life expectancy in Turkey according to estimation of the World Bank Group
* Life expectancy with calculated sex gap
* Life expectancy in comparison to presidents of the country
* Life expectancy in Turkey according to estimation of Our World in Data
* Development of life expectancy in Turkey in comparison to other countries of the Near East
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of the world in 2019
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of Asia in 2019
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in Turkey on the background of other countries of Europe in 2019
* Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy for males and females separately