Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Türkiye
Türkiye: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 33.3% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Türkiye, 2000–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 33.3% for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in 2015. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 53.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Türkiye peaked at 33.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 13.6%, in 2001.
That places Türkiye 89th out of 108 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 14.1% | — |
| 2001 | 13.6% | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 14.3% | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 15.3% | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 21.0% | +37.9% |
| 2005 | 21.8% | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 23.0% | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 23.8% | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 26.8% | +12.4% |
| 2009 | 27.0% | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 29.9% | +10.7% |
| 2011 | 31.5% | +5.4% |
| 2012 | 32.5% | +3.2% |
| 2013 | 29.9% | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 31.4% | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 33.3% | +6.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 20.1% | 13.6% | 27.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.4% | 29.9% | 33.3% | 6 |
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More education data for Türkiye
- 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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.44 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Türkiye?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Türkiye was 33.3% in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 33.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.6% in 2001.
- How does Türkiye rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Türkiye ranks 89th out of 108 countries with data for 2015.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.3%. 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 upper secondary 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