Secondary education, duration in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Secondary education, duration was 8 years in 2025. ▲ Rising
Secondary education, duration in Turkmenistan, 1970–2025
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in years.
Analysis
Turkmenistan recorded 8 years for secondary education, duration in 2025. That is the highest value across all 56 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, secondary education, duration in Turkmenistan peaked at 8 years in 2014 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1970.
Turkmenistan ranks 3rd of 209 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 56 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.6 years | 7 years | 8 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 8 years | 8 years | 8 years | 6 |
Countries ranked near Turkmenistan
- 1 Germany 9 years compare
- 1 Slovakia 9 years compare
- 3 Armenia 8 years compare
- 3 Austria 8 years compare
- 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 years compare
- 3 Bulgaria 8 years compare
- 3 Croatia 8 years compare
- 3 Czechia 8 years compare
- 3 Hungary 8 years compare
- 3 Italy 8 years compare
- 3 Lithuania 8 years compare
- 3 Moldova 8 years compare
- 3 Montenegro 8 years compare
- 3 North Macedonia 8 years compare
- 3 Oman 8 years compare
- 3 Poland 8 years compare
- 3 Romania 8 years compare
- 3 San Marino 8 years compare
- 3 Serbia 8 years compare
- 3 Somalia 8 years compare
- 3 Sri Lanka 8 years compare
- 3 Turkey 8 years compare
- 3 United Arab Emirates 8 years compare
- 3 Palestine 8 years compare
More education data for Turkmenistan
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 31.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.0% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 95.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 24,978 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 95.6% (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, male 95.7% (2024)
- Labor force, female 47.1% (2025)
- Labor force, total 2.20 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is secondary education, duration in Turkmenistan?
- Secondary education, duration in Turkmenistan was 8 years in 2025, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest secondary education, duration recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 8 years in 2014.
- What is the lowest secondary education, duration recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1970.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for secondary education, duration?
- Turkmenistan ranks 3rd out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is secondary education, duration rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkmenistan data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Secondary education, duration (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Secondary duration refers to the number of grades (years) in secondary school.