Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye
Türkiye: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 0.8233 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye, 2000–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 0.8233 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye peaked at 0.8889 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7437 GPIA, in 2000.
Türkiye ranks 111th of 133 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7437 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.7494 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 0.7574 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 0.774 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 0.7617 GPIA | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 0.7601 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.7696 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8092 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8235 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8421 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8516 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 0.8566 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8598 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8635 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.8661 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8716 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 0.876 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.8889 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.8216 GPIA | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 0.8233 GPIA | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7721 GPIA | 0.7437 GPIA | 0.8235 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.864 GPIA | 0.8421 GPIA | 0.8889 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.8224 GPIA | 0.8216 GPIA | 0.8233 GPIA | 2 |
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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 primary education or higher in Türkiye?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye was 0.8233 GPIA in 2022, 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 0.8889 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7437 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Türkiye rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Türkiye ranks 111th out of 133 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release