Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary gender was 0.8233 GPIA in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.8233 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
112th
of 134 countries
All-time high
0.8889 GPIA
in 2019
All-time low
0.7437 GPIA
in 2000
Years of data
20
2000–2022
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Turkey, 2000–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Turkey 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 Turkey peaked at 0.8889 GPIA in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.7437 GPIA, in 2000.
Turkey ranks 112th of 134 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 … primary gender in Turkey, 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% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 0.8233 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.994 GPIA, 83% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 0.8233 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9997 GPIA, 82% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
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 |
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 0.8233 GPIA in 2022, 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 0.8889 GPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7437 GPIA in 2000.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Turkey ranks 112th out of 134 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release