Lower secondary school starting age in Turkey
Turkey: Lower secondary school starting age was 10 years in 2025. ▼ Falling
Lower secondary school starting age in Turkey, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
In 2025, lower secondary school starting age in Turkey stood at 10 years. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, lower secondary school starting age in Turkey peaked at 11 years in 1970 and was at its lowest, 10 years, in 2013.
That places Turkey 192nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 11 years | 11 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.3 years | 10 years | 11 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 10 years | 10 years | 10 years | 6 |
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- 192 Palestine 10 years compare
More education data for Turkey
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.4% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 299,967 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, female 101.2% (2023)
- School enrollment, primary, male 103.6% (2023)
- Labor force, female 34.4% (2025)
- Labor force, total 36.88 million (2025)
- School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9859 GPI (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is lower secondary school starting age in Turkey?
- Lower secondary school starting age in Turkey was 10 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 11 years in 1970.
- What is the lowest lower secondary school starting age recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 years in 2013.
- How does Turkey rank for lower secondary school starting age?
- Turkey ranks 192nd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is lower secondary school starting age rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Lower secondary school starting age (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Lower secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.