Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye
Türkiye: Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher was 84.0% 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 84.0%.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye peaked at 85.1% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 74.6%, in 2000.
Türkiye ranks 75th of 105 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 74.6% | — |
| 2001 | 75.1% | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 75.5% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 76.3% | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 76.3% | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 75.3% | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 75.6% | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 76.6% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 78.9% | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 79.8% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 83.3% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 84.5% | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 85.1% | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 82.9% | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 83.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 84.0% | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 76.4% | 74.6% | 79.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.9% | 82.9% | 85.1% | 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 84.0% 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 85.1% in 2012.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 74.6% in 2000.
- How does Türkiye rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Türkiye ranks 75th out of 105 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 11.5%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release