Tertiary education in İstanbul
In İstanbul, 31.8% of people aged 25 to 64 had completed tertiary education in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2006. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
İstanbul, 2025
31.8%
Change from 2024
+0.5percentage points
Türkiye, 2025
26.8%
Position in 2025
172nd of 289
Tertiary education in İstanbul over time
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% of people aged 25 to 64. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | İstanbul | Türkiye |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.8% | 26.8% |
| 2024 | 31.3% | 25.6% |
| 2023 | 30.0% | 24.6% |
| 2022 | 28.2% | 23.6% |
| 2021 | 27.9%b (break in time series) | 23.0%b (break in time series) |
| 2020 | 26.3% | 22.0% |
| 2019 | 24.7% | 20.5% |
| 2018 | 24.3% | 19.3% |
| 2017 | 23.4% | 18.6% |
| 2016 | 22.6% | 17.9% |
| 2015 | 20.8% | 16.6% |
| 2014 | 18.9%b (break in time series) | 15.3%b (break in time series) |
| 2013 | 18.8% | 14.6% |
| 2012 | 18.1% | 13.9% |
| 2011 | 15.1% | 12.8% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | 11.9% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | 11.5% |
| 2008 | 14.4% | 10.9% |
| 2007 | 12.5% | 10.2% |
| 2006 | 11.9% | 9.8% |
Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 31.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 20.8%, the figure has changed by +11.0 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 289 regions with data for 2025, İstanbul has the 172nd highest value.
- The figure for Türkiye in 2025 was 26.8%.