Education in Turkey 142 indicators covering education for Turkey. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Population ages 15-64 68.4% 2025 down 0.2% 42nd Population ages 0-14 21.0% 2025 down 11.9% 116th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Lower secondary school starting age 10 years 2025 unchanged 192nd School enrollment, primary 102.4% 2023 down 10.7% 77th Primary education, teachers 299,967 2023 up 6.4% 20th School enrollment, primary, female 101.2% 2023 down 12.1% 86th School enrollment, primary, male 103.6% 2023 down 9.4% 72nd Labor force, total 36.88 million 2025 up 20.7% 18th Labor force, female 34.4% 2025 up 11.9% 155th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9859 GPI 2020 down 0.0% 115th School enrollment, secondary 118.4% 2023 up 15.9% 20th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.8 per 1,000 2024 up 3.7% 138th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 2.3 per 1,000 2024 down 4.2% 132nd Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 1.1 per 1,000 2024 down 15.4% 118th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.9 per 1,000 2024 down 35.7% 123rd Secondary education, teachers 788,294 2023 up 50.3% 10th School enrollment, secondary, female 116.9% 2023 up 15.1% 19th School enrollment, secondary, male 119.9% 2023 up 16.6% 16th School enrollment, tertiary 105.9% 2023 up 32.9% 10th School enrollment, primary, private 6.3% 2023 up 110.5% 136th School enrollment, preprimary 39.7% 2020 up 56.1% 136th School enrollment, tertiary, male 101.9% 2023 up 20.1% 5th School enrollment, tertiary, female 110.0% 2023 up 48.3% 12th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 0.9731 GPI 2020 up 6.2% 145th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.07 GPI 2023 up 22.8% 129th Secondary education, teachers, female 439,973 2023 up 73.6% 10th Primary completion rate, female 89.4% 2023 down 13.4% 127th Primary completion rate, male 91.8% 2023 down 11.2% 111th Government expenditure on education, total 3.1% 2022 down 29.4% 144th Secondary education, general pupils 8.69 million 2017 up 53.8% 9th Lower secondary completion rate, total 91.8% 2023 down 2.4% 84th School enrollment, preprimary, female 39.1% 2020 up 57.1% 135th School enrollment, preprimary, male 40.3% 2020 up 55.2% 132nd Persistence to last grade of primary, total 99.0% 2022 up 9.9% 28th Government expenditure on education, total 11.3% 2022 down 11.9% 127th Secondary education, general pupils 48.7% 2017 up 4.2% 154th Lower secondary completion rate, female 91.0% 2023 down 1.6% 93rd Lower secondary completion rate, male 92.5% 2023 down 3.0% 72nd Children out of school 0.6% 2023 up 7,048.4% 163rd Primary education, duration 4 years 2025 unchanged 186th Primary education, pupils 5.54 million 2023 down 1.0% 24th Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Secondary education, pupils 12.31 million 2023 up 16.6% 10th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 99.1% 2022 up 11.1% 29th Persistence to last grade of primary, male 98.8% 2022 up 8.9% 29th Secondary education, vocational pupils 2.71 million 2017 up 131.5% 4th Number of under-five deaths, male 5,692 2024 down 43.3% 54th Number of under-five deaths, female 4,664 2024 down 44.8% 53rd Number of infant deaths, male 4,728 2024 down 43.5% 56th Number of infant deaths, female 3,824 2024 down 45.3% 56th Children out of school, female 0.5% 2017 — 165th Children out of school, male 0.9% 2017 — 158th Secondary education, vocational pupils 45.0% 2017 up 17.1% 66th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 95.2% 2017 down 7.6% 148th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.9% 2025 down 25.7% 57th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 11.6% 2025 down 8.0% 39th Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 8.5% 2025 down 17.3% 50th Primary education, teachers 61.4% 2023 up 6.1% 150th Repeaters, primary, total 2.4% 2017 up 6.9% 92nd Page 1 of 3 Next →