Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye
Türkiye: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 89.7% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye, 2000–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2015, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye stood at 89.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye peaked at 90.3% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 83.4%, in 2000.
Türkiye ranks 68th of 106 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 83.4% | — |
| 2001 | 83.8% | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 84.8% | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 84.2% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 84.4% | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 85.1% | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 85.7% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 86.5% | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 89.1% | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 90.0% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 90.3% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 88.8% | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 89.3% | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 89.7% | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 84.7% | 83.4% | 86.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 89.5% | 88.8% | 90.3% | 6 |
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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 89.7% 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 90.3% in 2012.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 83.4% in 2000.
- How does Türkiye rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Türkiye ranks 68th out of 106 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 6.4%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release