School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye
Türkiye: School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index was 1.07 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye is 1.07 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 50 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye peaked at 1.07 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2129 GPIA, in 1976.
Türkiye ranks 135th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 50 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.2486 GPIA | — |
| 1972 | 0.2571 GPIA | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 0.2611 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.2773 GPIA | +6.2% |
| 1975 | 0.2352 GPIA | -15.2% |
| 1976 | 0.2129 GPIA | -9.5% |
| 1977 | 0.2488 GPIA | +16.8% |
| 1978 | 0.2921 GPIA | +17.4% |
| 1979 | 0.3261 GPIA | +11.7% |
| 1980 | 0.3359 GPIA | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3796 GPIA | +13.0% |
| 1983 | 0.4676 GPIA | +23.2% |
| 1984 | 0.5483 GPIA | +17.3% |
| 1985 | 0.4935 GPIA | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 0.5115 GPIA | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 0.5349 GPIA | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 0.5301 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.5342 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 0.531 GPIA | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 0.5312 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.5409 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 0.5529 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 0.6208 GPIA | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 0.6444 GPIA | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 0.5608 GPIA | -13.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6615 GPIA | +18.0% |
| 1999 | 0.6627 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.7114 GPIA | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 0.7217 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 0.7504 GPIA | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7177 GPIA | -4.3% |
| 2005 | 0.7356 GPIA | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7534 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.764 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7818 GPIA | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 0.7983 GPIA | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8263 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8532 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 0.8607 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8586 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.876 GPIA | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.872 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8699 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.8747 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8901 GPIA | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9293 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 0.9602 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9939 GPIA | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 1.02 GPIA | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 1.07 GPIA | +4.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2622 GPIA | 0.2129 GPIA | 0.3261 GPIA | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.4817 GPIA | 0.3359 GPIA | 0.5483 GPIA | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5896 GPIA | 0.531 GPIA | 0.6627 GPIA | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.7483 GPIA | 0.7114 GPIA | 0.7983 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8711 GPIA | 0.8263 GPIA | 0.9293 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.01 GPIA | 0.9602 GPIA | 1.07 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index in Türkiye was 1.07 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 1.07 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2129 GPIA in 1976.
- How does Türkiye rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index?
- Türkiye ranks 135th out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.1%. 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, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release