Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Türkiye
Türkiye: Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary was 45.2% in 2010. ▲ Rising
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Türkiye, 1960–2010
Source: Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/. Measured in Incomplete and Completed Primary.
Analysis
In 2010, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Türkiye stood at 45.2%.
The figure is down 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Türkiye peaked at 49.6% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 15.8%, in 1960.
Türkiye ranks 18th of 144 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Incomplete and Completed Primary | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 15.8% | — |
| 1965 | 19.0% | +19.8% |
| 1970 | 21.6% | +13.8% |
| 1975 | 29.7% | +37.6% |
| 1980 | 33.8% | +13.7% |
| 1985 | 43.2% | +28.0% |
| 1990 | 45.0% | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 46.4% | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 49.6% | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 48.6% | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 45.2% | -7.1% |
Türkiye compared with similar countries
- Türkiye's 45.2% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 25.5%, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Türkiye's 45.2% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10.9%, 4.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17.4% | 15.8% | 19.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 25.6% | 21.6% | 29.7% | 2 |
| 1980s | 38.5% | 33.8% | 43.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 45.7% | 45.0% | 46.4% | 2 |
| 2000s | 49.1% | 48.6% | 49.6% | 2 |
| 2010s | 45.2% | 45.2% | 45.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
More education data for Türkiye
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 788,294 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 184,302 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.05 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 980,973 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 12.31 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.54 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0649 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Türkiye?
- Barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary in Türkiye was 45.2% in 2010, according to Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/.
- What is the highest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 49.6% in 2000.
- What is the lowest barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.8% in 1960.
- How does Türkiye rank for barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary?
- Türkiye ranks 18th out of 144 countries with data for 2010.
- Is barro-lee: percentage of female population age 15+ with primary rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from Robert J. Barro and Jong-Wha Lee: http://www.barrolee.com/, published as part of Barro-Lee: Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 11 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Percentage of female population age 15+ with primary schooling. Total (Incomplete and Completed Primary)