Health statistics sources for Türkiye

Official statistics (TÜİK)

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) is the national producer of official statistics and publishes through its data portal (data.tuik.gov.tr),, which has a search function. Its releases come with a bulletin that states the reference period and the release date, and with tables you can download.

A typical example is the Health Expenditure Statistics bulletin. The release for 2024 was published on 4 December 2025 and reports total health expenditure, its share of gross domestic product, the split between public and private spending, spending per capita and out-of-pocket household payments. The bulletin explains that administrative records were the source for institutional data and that household out-of-pocket spending was estimated from national accounts and the Household Budget Survey. This is the kind of method note you should read before using a figure, because it tells you what the number does and does not measure. TÜİK also publishes other bulletins relevant to health research, for example on causes of death. Check the portal for the series and years that are available.

Keep in mind that TÜİK figures are revised and that monetary series may be reported in current prices, so check this before comparing years; the 2024 bulletin, for instance, reports a rise of about 90 percent in total spending over 2023.

Ministry of Health yearbooks

The Health Statistics Department of the Ministry of Health carries out the Ministry's health statistics yearbook work and produces national and international health statistics. The Ministry's statistics section lists the Health Statistics Yearbook and its press bulletins. When I checked the yearbook page, it listed an edition dated 11 November 2022, in Turkish and in English. Newer editions may have been published since, so open the page and use the latest edition that applies to your study period.

Yearbooks are the usual source for counts of facilities, beds, personnel and service use. They describe how data were collected, and definitions can change between editions. If you combine data from several years, read the definitions again for each year.

International databases

• WHO Global Health Observatory. WHO's data gateway for its 194 Member States, with more than 1,000 indicators, a mortality database, global health estimates on causes of death and disability, health-related Sustainable Development Goal indicators and an OData API. Estimates are often modelled and harmonised, so they can differ from national figures. State which source you used.
• OECD Health Statistics. A comparable dataset on health and health systems across OECD countries. Check in the OECD data explorer which indicators and years include Türkiye before planning a comparison.

When national and international numbers disagree, report both, explain the likely reason (definition, method, revision date) and do not choose the number that fits the hypothesis.

How to cite official statistics

Journals differ in style, so follow the instructions for authors of the journal you submit to. In general, a reference to an official statistic should let a reader find the same table again:

• the issuing body (for example TÜİK or the Ministry of Health);
• the title of the bulletin, yearbook or dataset;
• the reference year and the release date;
• the web address, and the date you accessed it, because online tables can be revised;
• the table or indicator name when you use one figure.

Record the exact value and the page or table in your own notes while you work. Do not round or re-calculate silently, and do not use a figure from a news report in place of the original bulletin. If a number cannot be found in an official source, leave it out rather than estimating it.

Sources

• TÜİK, Health Expenditure Statistics 2024 bulletin (as reported, 4 December 2025): https://www.alomaliye.com/2025/12/04/saglik-harcamalari-istatistikleri-2024/amp/ (secondary copy; verify against https://data.tuik.gov.tr)
• TÜİK data portal: https://data.tuik.gov.tr
• Ministry of Health, Health Statistics Department: https://sbsgm.saglik.gov.tr/TR-34746/saglik-istatistikleri-daire-baskanligi.html
• Ministry of Health, Health Statistics Yearbook: https://sbsgm.saglik.gov.tr/TR-93445/saglik-istatistikleri-yilligi.html
• WHO Global Health Observatory: https://www.who.int/data/gho
• OECD Health Statistics: https://www.oecd.org/en/data/datasets/oecd-health-statistics.html