Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 0.7617 GPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey, 2000–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 0.7617 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2015.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey peaked at 0.7666 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.6481 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Turkey 81st out of 100 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Turkey, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6481 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.6738 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.699 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.6798 GPIA | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 0.6678 GPIA | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.6768 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7066 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 0.7143 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.7482 GPIA | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7615 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 0.7666 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.7603 GPIA | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.7609 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0.7617 GPIA | +0.1% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 0.7617 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9926 GPIA, 77% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 0.7617 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1 GPIA, 76% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6833 GPIA | 0.6481 GPIA | 0.7143 GPIA | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.7599 GPIA | 0.7482 GPIA | 0.7666 GPIA | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More education data for Turkey
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.5 (2017)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.4 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 788,294 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 184,302 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.05 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 980,973 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 12.31 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 5.54 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2023)
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 0.7617 GPIA 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 0.7666 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6481 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Turkey ranks 81st out of 100 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 12.0%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release