Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye
Türkiye: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.7393 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye, 1975–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye is 0.7393 GPIA, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye peaked at 0.7414 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3951 GPIA, in 1975.
Türkiye ranks 107th of 131 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.3951 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.412 GPIA | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4462 GPIA | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 0.5254 GPIA | +17.8% |
| 2005 | 0.5205 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.5372 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.5463 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6172 GPIA | +13.0% |
| 2009 | 0.6241 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6219 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 0.6385 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.6469 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.6561 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 0.6711 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6814 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 0.6985 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7094 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7414 GPIA | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 0.7393 GPIA | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.3951 GPIA | 0.3951 GPIA | 0.3951 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.4291 GPIA | 0.412 GPIA | 0.4462 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5618 GPIA | 0.5205 GPIA | 0.6241 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.6739 GPIA | 0.6219 GPIA | 0.7414 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.7393 GPIA | 0.7393 GPIA | 0.7393 GPIA | 1 |
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More education data for Türkiye
- 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)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
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 0.7393 GPIA in 2023, 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 0.7414 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3951 GPIA in 1975.
- How does Türkiye rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Türkiye ranks 107th out of 131 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release