Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.6056 LPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey, 2004–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 0.6056 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 28.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey peaked at 0.6056 LPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3425 LPIA, in 2009.
Turkey ranks 66th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.4021 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.4701 LPIA | +16.9% |
| 2006 | 0.4667 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.453 LPIA | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4143 LPIA | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 0.3425 LPIA | -17.3% |
| 2010 | 0.4952 LPIA | +44.6% |
| 2011 | 0.521 LPIA | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 0.5314 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5939 LPIA | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 0.6006 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 0.6056 LPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4248 LPIA | 0.3425 LPIA | 0.4701 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.558 LPIA | 0.4952 LPIA | 0.6056 LPIA | 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 0.6056 LPIA 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 0.6056 LPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3425 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Turkey ranks 66th out of 95 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 28.8%. 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, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release