Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.7037 GPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey, 2004–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey is 0.7037 GPIA, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 18.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey peaked at 0.7037 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.591 GPIA, in 2004.
Turkey ranks 83rd of 97 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.591 GPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.5936 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.6092 GPIA | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.6179 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.667 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6585 GPIA | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6697 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.6845 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.6921 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.6796 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.694 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 0.7037 GPIA | +1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6229 GPIA | 0.591 GPIA | 0.667 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.6873 GPIA | 0.6697 GPIA | 0.7037 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More education data for Turkey
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 299,967 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey was 0.7037 GPIA in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7037 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.591 GPIA in 2004.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Turkey ranks 83rd out of 97 countries with data for 2015.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.5%. 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, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, urban, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release