Lower secondary completion in Türkiye
In Türkiye, 95.4% of young people had completed lower secondary school by the expected age in 2022.
Türkiye, 2022
95.4%
Change from 2018
+2.6percentage points
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2022
93.0%
Lower secondary completion in Türkiye over time
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% of young people 3 to 5 years above the final grade age. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Türkiye |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 95.4% |
| 2018 | 92.8% |
| 2014 | 92.3% |
| 2008 | 86.6% |
| 2004 | 68.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- The previous available figure was 92.8% in 2018, a change of +2.6 percentage points.
- Since 2004, when it was 68.0%, the figure has changed by +27.4 percentage points.
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97.7%
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73.2%
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26.3%
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Tertiary education attainment, ages 25 to 34
44.8%
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Early leavers from education and training
17.9%
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Adult participation in learning
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