Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Turkey
Turkey: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender was 0.8514 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Turkey, 1975–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Turkey recorded 0.8514 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Turkey peaked at 0.8514 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2159 GPIA, in 1975.
Turkey ranks 97th of 127 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Turkey, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.2159 GPIA | — |
| 1980 | 0.2617 GPIA | +21.2% |
| 1985 | 0.4473 GPIA | +70.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5331 GPIA | +19.2% |
| 2005 | 0.5498 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 0.5703 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5798 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6271 GPIA | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 0.6424 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6463 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.6546 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6732 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.6985 GPIA | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7158 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7312 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 0.7494 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7669 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7632 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.802 GPIA | +5.1% |
| 2020 | 0.7926 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 0.8147 GPIA | +2.8% |
| 2022 | 0.8365 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.8514 GPIA | +1.8% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 0.8514 GPIA is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.11 GPIA, 77% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 0.8514 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.11 GPIA, 77% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary gender in Turkey changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +70.9% | 0.2617 GPIA | 0.4473 GPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2159 GPIA | 0.2159 GPIA | 0.2159 GPIA | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.3545 GPIA | 0.2617 GPIA | 0.4473 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.5837 GPIA | 0.5331 GPIA | 0.6424 GPIA | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7201 GPIA | 0.6463 GPIA | 0.802 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8238 GPIA | 0.7926 GPIA | 0.8514 GPIA | 4 |
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Turkey?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Turkey was 0.8514 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8514 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2159 GPIA in 1975.
- How does Turkey rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Turkey ranks 97th out of 127 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. 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 short-cycle tertiary 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