Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Turkey
Turkey: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.1% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Turkey, 1978–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2022, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Turkey stood at 3.1%.
That represents a change of down 12.5% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Turkey peaked at 4.6% in 2016 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 1986.
Turkey ranks 146th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3.6% | 2.9% | 4.3% | 2 |
| 1980s | 2.0% | 1.5% | 2.6% | 6 |
| 1990s | 3.0% | 2.3% | 3.4% | 3 |
| 2010s | 4.4% | 4.2% | 4.6% | 9 |
| 2020s | 3.6% | 3.1% | 4.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
- 143 British Virgin Islands 3.2% compare
- 144 Tanzania 3.2% compare
- 145 Antigua and Barbuda 3.1% compare
- 147 Albania 3.1% compare
- 148 Guatemala 3.1% compare
- 149 Madagascar 3.0% compare
More education data for Turkey
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.4% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 299,967 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.62 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.2% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Turkey?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Turkey was 3.1% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 4.6% in 2016.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 1986.
- How does Turkey rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Turkey ranks 146th out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.