Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye
Türkiye: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.7617 GPIA in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye, 2000–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Türkiye 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 Türkiye peaked at 0.7666 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.6481 GPIA, in 2000.
That places Türkiye 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 education or higher in Türkiye, 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% |
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 |
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More education data for Türkiye
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.44 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye 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 Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7666 GPIA in 2012.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6481 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Türkiye rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Türkiye ranks 81st out of 100 countries with data for 2015.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. 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 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