Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 59.4% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey, 2004–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 59.4% for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 55.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Turkey peaked at 59.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 37.6%, in 2004.
That places Turkey 74th out of 97 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 Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 37.6% | — |
| 2005 | 38.3% | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 39.6% | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 40.4% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 42.6% | +5.3% |
| 2009 | 43.3% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 54.5% | +25.9% |
| 2011 | 57.5% | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 58.7% | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 55.8% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 58.0% | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 59.4% | +2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 40.3% | 37.6% | 43.3% | 6 |
| 2010s | 57.3% | 54.5% | 59.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
- 71 Uruguay 64.5% compare
- 72 Thailand 63.4% compare
- 73 El Salvador 59.9% compare
- 75 Bangladesh 59.2% compare
- 76 Costa Rica 58.3% compare
- 77 Angola 55.2% compare
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 59.4% 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 59.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.6% in 2004.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Turkey ranks 74th out of 97 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 55.2%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release