Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender was 0.4675 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
Turkey 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 Turkey peaked at 0.4675 GPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3194 GPIA, in 2004.
That places Turkey 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 … lower rural gender in Turkey, 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% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 0.4675 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9787 GPIA, 48% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 0.4675 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9904 GPIA, 47% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
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 Turkey
More education data for Turkey
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.5 (2017)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.4 (2023)
- 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)
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 0.4675 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 0.4675 GPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3194 GPIA in 2004.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Turkey ranks 82nd out of 94 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 44.0%. 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, 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