Total health expenditure as share of GDP in Turkey 2000-2022

Health care spending in Turkey as a share of the gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to four percent in 2022, which was the lowest figure recorded throughout the observed period. In the years 2007 to 2009, health care spending peaked at 5.8 percent of GDP in Turkey but has fallen since then.

Health expenditure compared to Europe 

In comparison to other European countries in 2022, Turkey was at the bottom of the ranking in terms of health care spending as a share of the GDP. Top of the list was Germany, which spent 12.8 percent of its’ GDP on health care in this year. While France and the United Kingdom both spent about 12 percent on health. 

Interactions with the health system in Turkey

In 2022, roughly six in ten individuals had visited a general practitioner in the past 12 months, women were more likely than men to do so. Furthermore, a 2023 study found that 37 percent of those surveyed rated the quality of health care in Turkey as good, compared to 23 percent who rated it as poor.