Health care - Regions — Practising nurses in Türkiye
Türkiye: Health care - Regions — Practising nurses was 2.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2023. ▲ Rising
Health care - Regions — Practising nurses in Türkiye, 2002–2023
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Per 1 000 inhabitants.
Analysis
The most recent figure for health care - regions — practising nurses in Türkiye is 2.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.4% on the previous year and up 59.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, health care - regions — practising nurses in Türkiye peaked at 2.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants, in 2002.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Health care - Regions — Practising nurses in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Per 1 000 inhabitants | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 1.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants | — |
| 2003 | 1.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 1.12 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 1.19 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 1.35 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +13.4% |
| 2008 | 1.41 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 1.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 1.68 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 1.79 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 1.83 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 1.85 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 1.95 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +5.4% |
| 2016 | 1.93 Per 1 000 inhabitants | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 2.07 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +7.3% |
| 2018 | 2.34 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +13.0% |
| 2019 | 2.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 2.73 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +13.8% |
| 2021 | 2.76 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 2.87 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 2.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.24 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.46 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 8 |
| 2010s | 1.94 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 1.57 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2.4 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.82 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2.73 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 2.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants | 4 |
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More health data for Türkiye
- Mortality, morbidity and welfare cost from exposure to 0.08 Per 1 000 inhabitants (2019)
- Available beds in hospitals by NUTS 2 region 268,359 (2024)
- Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region 9 (2024)
- Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region 79 (2024)
- Infant mortality rate 8.03 (2024)
- Neonatal mortality rate 4.63 (2024)
- Under-five mortality rate, by sex 9.61 (2024)
- Infant mortality by NUTS 2 region 8,475 (2024)
- Tuberculosis incidence 13 (2024)
- Total official development assistance to medical research and basic 150.89 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is health care - regions — practising nurses in Türkiye?
- Health care - regions — practising nurses in Türkiye was 2.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2023, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest health care - regions — practising nurses recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 2.91 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2023.
- What is the lowest health care - regions — practising nurses recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1 Per 1 000 inhabitants in 2002.
- How does Türkiye rank for health care - regions — practising nurses?
- Türkiye ranks 1st out of 1 groups with data for 2023.
- Is health care - regions — practising nurses rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Health care - Regions — Practising nurses. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides indicators on healthcare resources in large regions (TL2), and small regions (TL3) when data is available. Indicators include doctor, practising nurses, hospital beds and hospital discharges. Data definition and source Doctors (physicians) are usually generalists who assume responsibility for the provision of continuing care to individuals and families, or specialists such as paediatricians, obstetricians/gynaecologists, psychiatrists, medical specialists and surgical specialists. Practising nurses provide services directly to patients, it includes: professional nurses, associate professional nurses, foreign nurses licensed to practice and actively practising in the country. It excludes midwives unless they work most of the time as nurses. Hospital beds are all hospital beds which are regularly maintained and staffed and immediately available for the care of admitted patients. They include beds in all hospitals, including general hospitals, mental health and substance abuse hospitals, and other specialty hospitals; occupied and unoccupied beds. The three indicators above are measured per 1 000 inhabitants. Hospital discharge is the formal release of a patient from a hospital, here for all causes of diseases (A00-Z99) and all hospitals. It includes discharges from all hospitals, including general hospitals (HP.1.1), mental health hospitals (HP.1.2), and other specialised hospitals (HP.1.3) ; Deaths in hospital ; Transfers to another hospital ; Discharges of healthy newborns. This indicator is measured per 100 000 inhabitants. Data is collected from Eurostat (reg_hlth) for EU countries and via delegates of the OECD Working Party on Territorial Indicators (WPTI), as well as from national statistical offices' websites. Definition of regions Regions are subnational units below national boundaries. OECD countries have two regional levels: large regions (territorial level 2 or TL2) and small regions (territorial level 3 or TL3). For more information, see the OECD Territorial grid (pdf) and the OECD Territorial Correspondence Table (xlsx). Cite this dataset OECD Regions, Cities and Local Areas database http://oe.cd/geostats. Further information OECD Regions and Cities Statistical Atlas OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email RegionStat@oecd.org.