Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 68.4% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey, 2000–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2015, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey stood at 68.4%. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey peaked at 68.4% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 52.4%, in 2000.
That places Turkey 67th out of 103 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 52.4% | — |
| 2001 | 52.5% | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 56.1% | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 58.8% | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 57.9% | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 56.9% | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 57.7% | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 58.5% | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 59.1% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 64.8% | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 67.0% | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 67.9% | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 67.5% | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 67.9% | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 68.4% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.7% | 52.4% | 59.1% | 9 |
| 2010s | 67.3% | 64.8% | 68.4% | 6 |
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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 primary education or higher in Turkey?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey was 68.4% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 68.4% in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.4% in 2000.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Turkey ranks 67th out of 103 countries with data for 2015.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release