School age population, early … age male educational development in Turkey
Turkey: School age population, early … age male educational development was 1.61 million in 2025. ▼ Falling
School age population, early childhood educational development in Turkey, 2013–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school age population, early childhood educational development in Turkey is 1.61 million, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.5% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, early childhood educational development in Turkey peaked at 2.00 million in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.61 million, in 2025.
Turkey ranks 9th of 104 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 … age male educational development in Turkey, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1.89 million | — |
| 2014 | 1.91 million | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 1.96 million | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 1.99 million | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 2.00 million | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.98 million | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.96 million | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 1.90 million | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 1.80 million | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 1.72 million | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 1.72 million | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.65 million | -3.8% |
| 2025 | 1.61 million | -2.5% |
Turkey compared with similar countries
- Turkey's 1.61 million is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 141,843, 11.4× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Turkey's 1.61 million is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 83,743, 19.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.96 million | 1.89 million | 2.00 million | 7 |
| 2020s | 1.73 million | 1.61 million | 1.90 million | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More education data for Turkey
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 788,294 (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, early childhood educational development in Turkey?
- School age population, early childhood educational development in Turkey was 1.61 million in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 2.00 million in 2017.
- What is the lowest school age population, early childhood educational development recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.61 million in 2025.
- How does Turkey rank for school age population, early childhood educational development?
- Turkey ranks 9th out of 104 countries with data for 2025.
- Is school age population, early childhood educational development rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, early childhood educational development programmes, male (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release