Private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP fell 1.16% to 0.919% in Turkey in 2017, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP in Turkey reached an all time high of 2.30% in 1981 and an all time low of 0.766% in 1985.
Turkey has been ranked 33rd within the group of 33 countries we follow in terms of private health expenditure as a percentage of GDP, 91 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Private Health Expenditure (As % of GDP) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Albania | % | 2.87% | 2.85% | 3.04% | 2.95% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | % | 3.34% | 3.24% | 3.11% | 3.87% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 3.19% | 3.05% | 2.99% | 3.32% | 3.17% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | 3.56% | 3.96% | 3.96% | 4.05% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | 0.799% | 1.91% | 1.91% | 2.20% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | % | 0.461% | 0.443% | 0.501% | 0.428% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | % | 2.38% | 2.39% | 2.00% | 2.37% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 2.09% | 1.75% | 1.74% | 1.70% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Romania | % | 1.16% | 1.10% | 1.08% | 0.986% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | 1.20% | 1.07% | 1.13% | 1.19% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Serbia | % | 3.91% | 4.11% | 4.19% | 3.95% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Syria | % | 1.74% | 1.76% | 1.76% | 1.75% | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
| Turkey | % | 1.08% | 1.25% | 1.26% | 0.974% | 0.905% | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | % | 0.713% | 0.688% | 0.681% | 0.719% | ... | ... | ... |
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