Progression to secondary school in Turkey
Turkey: Progression to secondary school was 99.7% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Progression to secondary school in Turkey, 1985–2015
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2015, progression to secondary school in Turkey stood at 99.7%. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, progression to secondary school in Turkey peaked at 99.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 47.1%, in 1986.
That places Turkey 26th out of 167 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 48.4% | 47.1% | 49.4% | 5 |
| 1990s | 53.3% | 51.4% | 55.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 98.2% | 97.6% | 98.9% | 6 |
| 2010s | 97.6% | 90.8% | 99.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Turkey
More education data for Turkey
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 68.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 21.0% (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, total 36.88 million (2025)
- Labor force, female 34.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is progression to secondary school in Turkey?
- Progression to secondary school in Turkey was 99.7% in 2015, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest progression to secondary school recorded in Turkey?
- The highest recorded value was 99.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest progression to secondary school recorded in Turkey?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.1% in 1986.
- How does Turkey rank for progression to secondary school?
- Turkey ranks 26th out of 167 countries with data for 2015.
- Is progression to secondary school rising or falling in Turkey?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkey data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Progression to secondary school (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year (minus the number of repeaters from the last grade of primary education in the given year).