Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.9408 LPIA in 2015. ▬ Flat
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey, 2004–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 0.9408 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2015. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey peaked at 0.9408 LPIA in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.8859 LPIA, in 2009.
That places Turkey 53rd out of 99 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 0.9013 LPIA | — |
| 2005 | 0.9161 LPIA | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9155 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9128 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8927 LPIA | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8859 LPIA | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9117 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 0.9207 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.9251 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9364 LPIA | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9386 LPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9408 LPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9041 LPIA | 0.8859 LPIA | 0.9161 LPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.9289 LPIA | 0.9117 LPIA | 0.9408 LPIA | 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 0.9408 LPIA 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 0.9408 LPIA in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8859 LPIA in 2009.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Turkey ranks 53rd out of 99 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 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release