Health in Gaziantep, Türkiye: official figures
Gaziantep (figures for the whole province) had 4,429 doctors in 2024, 202 per 100,000 people, 10th lowest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey: 258); 2,171 of them were specialists.
How many hospitals are in Gaziantep?
There were 33 hospitals across the province that contains the city of Gaziantep in 2024 (13 run by the Ministry of Health, 19 private, 1 university) with 8,467 beds, 386 per 100,000 people, 8th highest of 33 big-city provinces.
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyWhat is the life expectancy in Gaziantep?
Life expectancy at birth across the province that contains the city of Gaziantep was 76.2 years in TÜİK’s 2023 estimate (men 73.6, women 78.7), down from 76.7 in the 2014 estimate; it ranked the lowest of 33 big-city provinces (Turkey 77.3).
Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copyMore figures
- The doctor ratio across the province that contains the city of Gaziantep rose from 138 per 100,000 residents in 2014 to 202 in 2024. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The province of Gaziantep counted 7,091 nurses (323 per 100,000, national 309) and 1,470 midwives in 2024, with 41 dentists and 45 pharmacists per 100,000 residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- 598 infants died before their first birthday across the province that contains the city of Gaziantep in 2024, compared with 861 in 2014. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
- The crude suicide rate across the province that contains the city of Gaziantep was 4.45 per 100,000 people in 2024 (Turkey 5.22), and road traffic accidents killed 54 people per million residents. Source: Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute) · saved copy
How Gaziantep compares with other cities in Türkiye
Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Gaziantep ranks 24 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Doctors per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Mersin | 206 |
| 22 | Sakarya | 205 |
| 23 | Manisa | 205 |
| 24 | Gaziantep | 202 |
| 25 | Diyarbakir | 201 |
| 26 | Ordu | 192 |
| 27 | Van | 185 |
Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Gaziantep ranks 8 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Hospital beds per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Ankara | 425 |
| 6 | Trabzon | 399 |
| 7 | Eskişehir | 391 |
| 8 | Gaziantep | 386 |
| 9 | Konya | 381 |
| 10 | Samsun | 381 |
| 11 | Antalya | 339 |
Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) (2024)
Gaziantep ranks 10 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Nurses per 100,000 people (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Eskişehir | 386 |
| 8 | Erzurum | 370 |
| 9 | Konya | 356 |
| 10 | Gaziantep | 323 |
| 11 | Kayseri | 320 |
| 12 | İzmir | 315 |
| 13 | Antalya | 306 |
Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) (2023)
Gaziantep ranks 33 of 33, highest first. Province-wide figures for the 33 cities with pages.
| Rank | City | Life expectancy at birth (years) (whole province) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 | Balıkesir | 77.3 |
| 28 | Manisa | 77.1 |
| 29 | Tekirdağ | 77.1 |
| 30 | Şanlıurfa | 77.0 |
| 31 | Hatay | 76.9 |
| 32 | Adana | 76.8 |
| 33 | Gaziantep | 76.2 |
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Sources
- Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK, Turkish Statistical Institute): Bölgesel İstatistikler (Regional Statistics database): 114 indicators for the 81 provinces, 2014-2024 (CSV export), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 54a60ac62f7a…)
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