EU 80.77
· European ranking
24 / 35
Down 5 positions compared with previous year
Turkey: Life Expectancy
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
· 2024
79.00 Years
EU 80.77 · -1.8 pp vs Europe
What this indicator measures
Measures the average number of years a newborn would live if the age-specific mortality conditions observed in the reference period remained applicable throughout life.
Higher values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Life expectancy at birth TPS00205
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Internal regions
No regional breakdown available for this indicator.
More context on this indicator
At a glance
Turkey performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Life expectancy at birth, with a moderate gap. The trend context points to recent departure from stability. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
European comparison in Turkey
In Turkey, Life expectancy is noticeably worse than the European benchmark: 79.0 years versus 80.8 years in 2024, with a gap of 1.8 years.
Recent trend
In Turkey, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 79.1 years in 2019 to 79.0 years in 2024. The primary pattern was broadly stable, but the latest step, from 77.3 years in 2023 to 79.0 years in 2024, departs from that stability with an improvement.
Reading within the topic
In Turkey, the evidence for Quality of Life & Household Conditions leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards improvement.