Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.4683 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 0.4683 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 1.3% on the previous year and up 50.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey peaked at 0.4683 LPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.2331 LPIA, in 2009.
Turkey ranks 74th of 95 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 | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.2634 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.312 LPIA | +18.5% |
| 2006 | 0.3155 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.3007 LPIA | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 0.2919 LPIA | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 0.2331 LPIA | -20.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3675 LPIA | +57.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3959 LPIA | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4068 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 0.452 LPIA | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 0.4622 LPIA | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.4683 LPIA | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2861 LPIA | 0.2331 LPIA | 0.3155 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.4254 LPIA | 0.3675 LPIA | 0.4683 LPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More education data for Turkey
- Theoretical duration of pre-primary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (pre-primary to post-secondary non) 0.0494 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of lower secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
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 0.4683 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 0.4683 LPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2331 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Turkey ranks 74th 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 50.1%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release