School age population, early childhood educational development in Türkiye
Türkiye: School age population, early childhood educational development was 1.54 million in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in Türkiye, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in Türkiye is 1.54 million, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Türkiye peaked at 1.90 million in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.54 million, in 2025.
That places Türkiye 9th out of 102 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.85 million | 1.79 million | 1.90 million | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.65 million | 1.54 million | 1.80 million | 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)
- School enrollment, primary 102.4% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0035 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in Türkiye?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Türkiye was 1.54 million in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 1.90 million in 2017.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.54 million in 2025.
- How does Türkiye rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Türkiye ranks 9th out of 102 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. 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 educational development programmes, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release