Brazil vs Turkey: Share of the population with tertiary education
Brazil
11.2%
in 2020
Turkey
10.8%
in 2020
Brazil rank
64th
Turkey rank
66th
Share of the population with tertiary education over time
- Brazil
- Turkey
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 11.2% against 10.8% in Turkey, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 31 shared years of data; in 1870 it was Turkey ahead.
Brazil ranks 64th and Turkey ranks 66th of 111 countries.
Across the 16 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and Turkey in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1900s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | — |
| 1910s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | — |
| 1920s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Brazil |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | — |
| 1940s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | Turkey |
| 1950s | 0.9% | 1.1% | 0.1% | Turkey |
| 1960s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 0.2% | Brazil |
| 1970s | 3.1% | 1.7% | 1.4% | Brazil |
| 1980s | 5.5% | 7.9% | 2.3% | Turkey |
| 1990s | 6.7% | 11.5% | 4.8% | Turkey |
| 2000s | 8.2% | 9.9% | 1.6% | Turkey |
| 2010s | 11.6% | 11.7% | 0.1% | Turkey |
| 2020s | 11.2% | 10.8% | 0.4% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of the population with tertiary education, Brazil or Turkey?
- Brazil, at 11.2% against 10.8% in Turkey as of 2020.
- What is the difference in share of the population with tertiary education between Brazil and Turkey?
- 0.4%, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Turkey?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1870 to 2020.
- How do Brazil and Turkey rank globally for share of the population with tertiary education?
- Brazil ranks 64th and Turkey ranks 66th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Barro and Lee (2015); Lee and Lee (2016) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of the population with tertiary education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage of the population aged 25 to 65 years who have either completed or partially completed tertiary education.