Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Turkey
Turkey: Gender ratios for mean years of schooling was 0.8362 in 2019. ▲ Rising
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Turkey, 1975–2019
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2019, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Turkey stood at 0.8362. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Turkey peaked at 0.8362 in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.4343, in 1975.
That places Turkey 103rd out of 121 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 0.4343 | — |
| 1980 | 0.4523 | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 0.5403 | +19.4% |
| 2004 | 0.7012 | +29.8% |
| 2005 | 0.695 | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.6994 | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.7094 | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.754 | +6.3% |
| 2009 | 0.7628 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7684 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7792 | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7873 | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7929 | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 0.7986 | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8042 | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.8127 | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 0.8188 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.8362 | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4343 | 0.4343 | 0.4343 | 1 |
| 1980s | 0.4963 | 0.4523 | 0.5403 | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7203 | 0.695 | 0.7628 | 6 |
| 2010s | 0.7998 | 0.7684 | 0.8362 | 9 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More education data for Turkey
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Turkey?
- Gender ratios for mean years of schooling in Turkey was 0.8362 in 2019, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8362 in 2019.
- What is the lowest gender ratios for mean years of schooling recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4343 in 1975.
- How does Turkey rank for gender ratios for mean years of schooling?
- Turkey ranks 103rd out of 121 countries with data for 2019.
- Is gender ratios for mean years of schooling rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Gender ratios for mean years of schooling. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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