School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye
Türkiye: School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index was 0.8711 GPI in 2018. ▲ Rising
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye, 1971–2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.
Analysis
In 2018, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye stood at 0.8711 GPI. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 14.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye peaked at 0.8711 GPI in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.181 GPI, in 1976.
That places Türkiye 129th out of 177 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye, year by year
| Year | GPI | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 0.226 GPI | — |
| 1972 | 0.2271 GPI | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 0.2258 GPI | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 0.2366 GPI | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 0.1995 GPI | -15.7% |
| 1976 | 0.181 GPI | -9.3% |
| 1977 | 0.215 GPI | +18.8% |
| 1978 | 0.2555 GPI | +18.9% |
| 1979 | 0.2886 GPI | +12.9% |
| 1980 | 0.3017 GPI | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 0.3438 GPI | +13.9% |
| 1983 | 0.4258 GPI | +23.9% |
| 1984 | 0.5026 GPI | +18.0% |
| 1985 | 0.4556 GPI | -9.4% |
| 1986 | 0.4755 GPI | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 0.5003 GPI | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 0.4986 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 0.5046 GPI | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 0.5029 GPI | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 0.5039 GPI | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5137 GPI | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 0.526 GPI | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.5925 GPI | +12.6% |
| 1995 | 0.6177 GPI | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 0.5429 GPI | -12.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6286 GPI | +15.8% |
| 1999 | 0.6328 GPI | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.6959 GPI | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7037 GPI | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 0.7318 GPI | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6944 GPI | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 0.7117 GPI | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.7285 GPI | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.739 GPI | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.7579 GPI | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.7738 GPI | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 0.7985 GPI | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 0.826 GPI | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8364 GPI | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8345 GPI | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.857 GPI | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8491 GPI | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8467 GPI | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8539 GPI | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8711 GPI | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.2283 GPI | 0.181 GPI | 0.2886 GPI | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.4454 GPI | 0.3017 GPI | 0.5046 GPI | 9 |
| 1990s | 0.5623 GPI | 0.5029 GPI | 0.6328 GPI | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.7263 GPI | 0.6944 GPI | 0.7738 GPI | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8415 GPI | 0.7985 GPI | 0.8711 GPI | 9 |
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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, gender parity index in Türkiye?
- School life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index in Türkiye was 0.8711 GPI in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8711 GPI in 2018.
- What is the lowest school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index recorded in Türkiye?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.181 GPI in 1976.
- How does Türkiye rank for school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index?
- Türkiye ranks 129th out of 177 countries with data for 2018.
- Is school life expectancy, tertiary, gender parity index rising or falling in Türkiye?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.9%. 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, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.