School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye
Türkiye: School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9768 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.9768 GPIA
Change on year
down 1.6%
World rank
152nd
of 215 countries
All-time high
1.01 GPIA
in 2014
All-time low
0.7745 GPIA
in 1971
Years of data
49
1971–2023
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Türkiye recorded 0.9768 GPIA for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in 2023.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye peaked at 1.01 GPIA in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.7745 GPIA, in 1971.
That places Türkiye 152nd out of 215 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.7745 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.8043 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 0.8292 GPIA | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 0.8483 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 0.8507 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.8445 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.8419 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 0.8502 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 0.8588 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 0.8719 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 0.8922 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 0.9128 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.9242 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 0.9297 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 1987 | 0.9268 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.9283 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9269 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 0.9278 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.9271 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9286 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 0.9328 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 0.9413 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.943 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.9361 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 0.9305 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.9336 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9437 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.9514 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9552 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.9628 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.9657 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 0.9718 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.9764 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9878 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9957 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.9997 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.9994 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.01 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1.01 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9992 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.9967 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9937 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9917 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.993 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9768 GPIA | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.8336 GPIA | 0.7745 GPIA | 0.8588 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.9141 GPIA | 0.8719 GPIA | 0.9297 GPIA | 8 |
| 1990s | 0.9334 GPIA | 0.9271 GPIA | 0.943 GPIA | 8 |
| 2000s | 0.9644 GPIA | 0.9336 GPIA | 0.9957 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 GPIA | 0.9967 GPIA | 1.01 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9888 GPIA | 0.9768 GPIA | 0.9937 GPIA | 4 |
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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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 102.44 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 102.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye?
- School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye was 0.9768 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 1.01 GPIA in 2014.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7745 GPIA in 1971.
- How does Türkiye rank for school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Türkiye ranks 152nd out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Türkiye data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, primary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release