Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Türkiye
Türkiye: Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and was 0.4% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Türkiye, 1999–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 0.4% for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is down 59.7% on the previous year and down 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Türkiye peaked at 1.0% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2023.
Türkiye ranks 63rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 0.6% | — |
| 2000 | 0.6% | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | -11.9% |
| 2005 | 0.5% | -6.5% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +9.4% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -16.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 1.0% | +133.4% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -59.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.0% | 4 |
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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 percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Türkiye?
- Percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and in Türkiye was 0.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2023.
- How does Türkiye rank for percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and?
- Türkiye ranks 63rd out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from science, technology, engineering and rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of graduates from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programmes in tertiary education, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release