Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye
Türkiye: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 35.9% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye, 2004–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 35.9% 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 3.1% on the previous year and up 99.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Türkiye peaked at 35.9% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2009.
Türkiye ranks 70th of 94 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 Türkiye, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 15.1% | — |
| 2005 | 18.0% | +18.8% |
| 2006 | 18.5% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 18.3% | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 17.6% | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 14.8% | -15.8% |
| 2010 | 27.0% | +82.0% |
| 2011 | 29.9% | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 31.2% | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 33.1% | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 34.9% | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 35.9% | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17.1% | 14.8% | 18.5% | 6 |
| 2010s | 32.0% | 27.0% | 35.9% | 6 |
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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 35.9% in 2015, 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 35.9% in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2009.
- How does Türkiye rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Türkiye ranks 70th out of 94 countries with data for 2015.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 99.9%. 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, rural, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release