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Headline data

Proportion of population below the international poverty line, by sex, age, employment status and geographical location (urban/rural)
Year Value
2015 2
2016 2

Target name Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States
Indicator name Health worker density and distribution
Global / Proxy indicator Global indicator
Description of indicator This indicator represents health worker (physician, nurse, midwife, dentist and pharmacist) distribution by population.
Number of physicians per 10 000 population: defined as the number of doctors (medical practitioners and specialists) per 10 000 population in Türkiye.
Number of nurses and midwives per 10 000 population: defined as the number of nurses and midwives per 10 000 population in Türkiye.
Number of dentists per 10 000 population: defined as the number of dentists per 10 000 population in Türkiye.
Number of pharmacist per 10 000 population: defined as the number of pharmacists per 10 000 population in Türkiye.
Unit Per 10 000 population
Available disaggregation Provincial level
Calculation Health worker density per 10 000 = (number of health worker / Total population) * 10 000
Number of physicians per 10 000 population = (number of physicians / Total population) * 10 000
Number of nurses and midwives per 10 000 population = (number of nurses and midwives / Total population) * 10 000
Number of dentists per 10 000 population = (number of a dentist / Total population) * 10 000
Number of pharmacist per 10 000 population = (number of pharmacists / Total population) * 10 000
Comparability Comparable over time. Produced in full compliance with global metadata.
Revision -
Other information Health professionals covered by the indicator are listed as physicians, midwives and nurses, dentists and pharmacists.
The data includes personnel information from the Central Organization of the Ministry of Health.
Data source Ministry of Health
Data source link https://sbsgm.saglik.gov.tr/TR-93566/saglik-istatistikleri-yilligi.html
https://sbsgm.saglik.gov.tr/TR-93450/saglik-istatistikleri-yilligi-haber-bultenleri.html

This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Target name

Substantially increase health financing and the recruitment, development, training and retention of the health workforce in developing countries, especially in least developed countries and small island developing States
Indicator name

Health worker density and distribution
Designated tier

Tier I
Custodian agency

World Health Organisation (WHO)
Link to the global metadata of this indicator https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-0C-01.pdf