Turkey Out-of-Pocket Health Spending (2023)
Turkey's Out-of-Pocket Health Spending: 19 % of current health expenditure in 2023, -0.5pp YoY. World Bank (SH.XPD.OOPC.CH.ZS), 2000–2023.
Turkey (2023)
19
% of current health expenditure
-0.5pp YoY
YoY Change
-0.5pp
percentage points
Trend
down
Series length
24
years of data
Data
| Year | % of current health expenditure | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19 | -0.5pp |
| 2022 | 19.5 | +3.2pp |
| 2021 | 16.3 | -0.1pp |
| 2020 | 16.4 | -0.6pp |
| 2019 | 17 | -0.5pp |
| 2018 | 17.5 | +0.1pp |
| 2017 | 17.4 | +0.9pp |
| 2016 | 16.5 | -0.4pp |
| 2015 | 16.9 | -0.8pp |
| 2014 | 17.7 | +0.8pp |
| 2013 | 16.9 | +1pp |
| 2012 | 15.9 | unchanged |
| 2011 | 15.9 | -1pp |
| 2010 | 16.9 | +2.4pp |
| 2009 | 14.5 | -4.7pp |
| 2008 | 19.2 | -4.7pp |
| 2007 | 23.9 | +0.3pp |
| 2006 | 23.6 | -0.6pp |
| 2005 | 24.2 | +4pp |
| 2004 | 20.2 | +1.3pp |
About this Dataset
Turkey recorded 19 % of current health expenditure in 2023. The latest change was -0.5pp. Across 2000–2023 the series ranges from 14.5 in 2009 to 28.6 in 2000.
This page tracks out-of-pocket health spending in Turkey as a share of current health expenditure — the portion households pay directly rather than through insurance or government schemes. A high share signals both financial-protection weakness and a larger private-pay addressable market.
Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
This page tracks out-of-pocket health spending in Turkey as a share of current health expenditure — the portion households pay directly rather than through insurance or government schemes. A high share signals both financial-protection weakness and a larger private-pay addressable market. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.
The most recent observation covers 2023. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2000–2023 (24 observations).
The series peaked at 28.6 % of current health expenditure in 2000 and reached its lowest recorded value of 14.5 in 2009. The latest reading of 19 in 2023 represents a change of -0.5pp.