Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.705 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
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey is 0.705 LPIA, measured in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 23.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey peaked at 0.705 LPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.417 LPIA, in 2009.
Turkey ranks 55th 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 | 0.4874 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.5704 LPIA | +17.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5665 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 0.553 LPIA | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4984 LPIA | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 0.417 LPIA | -16.3% |
| 2010 | 0.5835 LPIA | +39.9% |
| 2011 | 0.6089 LPIA | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6195 LPIA | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.6936 LPIA | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6995 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.705 LPIA | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5155 LPIA | 0.417 LPIA | 0.5704 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.6517 LPIA | 0.5835 LPIA | 0.705 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 0.705 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 0.705 LPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.417 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Turkey ranks 55th 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 23.6%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release