Literacy rate in Türkiye in 2021 — 97.26%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 44. Since 1975, the indicator has risen by 35.63 pp.
1975–2021 · % of population aged 15+
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Türkiye
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 97.26 | — |
| 2019 | 96.74 | — |
| 2017 | 96.15 | +0.29 pp |
| 2016 | 95.86 | +0.26 pp |
| 2015 | 95.6 | +0.16 pp |
| 2014 | 95.44 | +0.18 pp |
| 2013 | 95.26 | +0.34 pp |
| 2012 | 94.92 | +0.81 pp |
| 2011 | 94.11 | +1.45 pp |
| 2010 | 92.66 | +1.84 pp |
| 2009 | 90.82 | — |
| 2007 | 88.66 | +0.54 pp |
| 2006 | 88.12 | −0.11 pp |
| 2005 | 88.23 | +0.86 pp |
| 2004 | 87.37 | — |
| 1990 | 79.23 | — |
| 1985 | 75.97 | — |
| 1980 | 65.69 | — |
| 1975 | 61.63 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of the population aged 15 and older able to read and write a short simple statement about their everyday life. The UNESCO definition is deliberately minimal — it is the threshold of functional literacy, not an assessment of the quality of education. In most countries the data come from censuses and surveys, so they are updated irregularly.
Important: The series is incomplete: values are published only for the years in which a census or a literacy survey was conducted.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.
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