School life expectancy, secondary, male in Türkiye
Türkiye: School life expectancy, secondary, male was 9.58 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Türkiye, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2023, school life expectancy, secondary, male in Türkiye stood at 9.58 years. That is the highest value across all 48 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, secondary, male in Türkiye peaked at 9.58 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2.1 years, in 1971.
That places Türkiye 3rd out of 213 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 48 years of available data.
School life expectancy, secondary, male in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | years | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 2.1 years | — |
| 1972 | 2.22 years | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 2.22 years | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 2.21 years | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 2.25 years | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 2.4 years | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 2.58 years | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 2.61 years | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 2.77 years | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 2.7 years | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 2.72 years | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 2.82 years | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 3.14 years | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 3.26 years | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 3.41 years | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 3.57 years | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 3.6 years | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 3.71 years | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 3.79 years | +2.3% |
| 1993 | 3.99 years | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 4.05 years | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 4.24 years | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 4.2 years | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 4.89 years | +16.3% |
| 2000 | 5.14 years | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 5.86 years | +14.1% |
| 2002 | 6.18 years | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 6.29 years | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 5.9 years | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 5.49 years | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 5.7 years | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 5.81 years | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 5.6 years | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 5.8 years | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 6.09 years | +4.9% |
| 2011 | 6.36 years | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 6.05 years | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 8.23 years | +36.2% |
| 2014 | 8.54 years | +3.7% |
| 2015 | 8.65 years | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 8.73 years | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 9.18 years | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 9 years | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 9.04 years | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 9.03 years | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 9.19 years | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 9.4 years | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 9.58 years | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.32 years | 2.1 years | 2.61 years | 8 |
| 1980s | 3.05 years | 2.7 years | 3.57 years | 8 |
| 1990s | 4.06 years | 3.6 years | 4.89 years | 8 |
| 2000s | 5.78 years | 5.14 years | 6.29 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.99 years | 6.05 years | 9.18 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.3 years | 9.03 years | 9.58 years | 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, secondary, male in Türkiye?
- School life expectancy, secondary, male in Türkiye was 9.58 years in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 9.58 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, secondary, male recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1 years in 1971.
- How does Türkiye rank for school life expectancy, secondary, male?
- Türkiye ranks 3rd out of 213 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, secondary, male rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. 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, secondary, male (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release