School age population, early childhood education, female in Türkiye
Türkiye: School age population, early childhood education, female was 3.25 million in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood education, female in Türkiye, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 3.25 million for school age population, early childhood education, female in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.7% on the previous year and down 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood education, female in Türkiye peaked at 3.79 million in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3.25 million, in 2025.
Türkiye ranks 15th of 207 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
School age population, early childhood education, female in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3.64 million | — |
| 2014 | 3.65 million | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 3.67 million | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 3.71 million | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 3.75 million | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 3.78 million | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 3.79 million | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 3.75 million | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 3.63 million | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 3.52 million | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 3.51 million | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 3.38 million | -3.8% |
| 2025 | 3.25 million | -3.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.71 million | 3.64 million | 3.79 million | 7 |
| 2020s | 3.51 million | 3.25 million | 3.75 million | 6 |
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More education data for Türkiye
- 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)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0649 units per person (2023)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood education, female in Türkiye?
- School age population, early childhood education, female in Türkiye was 3.25 million in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood education, female recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 3.79 million in 2019.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood education, female recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.25 million in 2025.
- How does Türkiye rank for school age population, early childhood education, female?
- Türkiye ranks 15th out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood education, female rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.5%. 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 School age population, early childhood education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release