Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye
Türkiye: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.4675 GPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye, 2004–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 0.4675 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye peaked at 0.4675 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3194 GPIA, in 2004.
That places Türkiye 82nd out of 94 countries with data for 2015, putting it 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 Türkiye, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.3194 GPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.3247 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 0.3392 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 0.3361 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.3907 GPIA | +16.3% |
| 2009 | 0.3681 GPIA | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 0.4217 GPIA | +14.6% |
| 2011 | 0.4451 GPIA | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4545 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4429 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.4585 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 0.4675 GPIA | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3464 GPIA | 0.3194 GPIA | 0.3907 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4484 GPIA | 0.4217 GPIA | 0.4675 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Türkiye
More education data for Türkiye
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.44 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye was 0.4675 GPIA in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4675 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3194 GPIA in 2004.
- How does Türkiye rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Türkiye ranks 82nd out of 94 countries with data for 2015.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release