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Data checked 28 Oct 2026 · next scheduled check 1 Jan 2027 · UN World Population Prospects (via World Bank) released 1 Jul 2026 · World Bank WDI released 8 Oct 2026
Total spending · 2024
32.6%
+13.2 pts since 1995
Welfare · 2024
10.3%
+0.9 pts since 2008
Healthcare · 2024
Not available
Defence · 2024
1.84%
-1.0 pts since 1995
Education · 2024
Not available
Debt interest · 2024
3.85%
+1.7 pts since 2014
Gross debt · 2025
23.7%
of GDP · -28 pts since 2000
Population · 2025
85.9m
40.7% since 1995
Public-sector employment
Not available: no official public-sector employment series is loaded for Turkiye yet.
Welfare fell from 9.4% to 6.7% of GDP between 2008 and 2022, then rose to 9.6% by 2025.
Healthcare rose from 2.8% to 4.4% of GDP between 2000 and 2009, then fell to 3.2% by 2023.
Defence rose from 2.8% to 3.9% of GDP between 1995 and 1999, then fell to 1.9% by 2025.
Education fell from 2.3% to 0.0% of GDP between 1995 and 1998, then rose to 3.1% by 2022.
Debt interest rose from 2.2% to 4.3% of GDP between 2014 and 2022, then fell to 3.9% by 2025.
Total spending rose from 19.4% to 43.9% of GDP between 1995 and 2001, then fell to 32.6% by 2024.
Gross debt fell from 51.2% to 23.7% of GDP between 2000 and 2025.
Population grew from 61.0 million in 1995 to 85.9 million in 2025; the UN projects 89.1 million by 2050.