Share of children out of school — all countries

Share of children out of school — Türkiye

Share of children out of school in Türkiye in 2023 — 0.6%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 146. Since 1974, the indicator has fallen by 22.4 pp.

2023 0.6% +0.34 pp vs 2022
World rank 31of 146
Period maximum 23%1974
Period minimum 0.01%2013

Trend over time

1974–2023 · % of primary school-age children

Share of children out of school — Türkiye, 1974–20230102030197419791984198919941999200420092014201920231974: 23%1985: 10.58%1986: 10.08%1987: 10.67%1988: 9.33%1989: 9.47%1990: 7.68%1991: 8.15%1992: 7.82%1993: 10.22%1994: 11.44%1995: 12.71%1997: 11.72%2013: 0.01%2014: 0.28%2015: 1.34%2016: 1.81%2017: 0.71%2018: 0.21%2019: 0.2%2020: 0.23%2021: 0.22%2022: 0.26%2023: 0.6%
Change over the period: −22.4 pp Annual average: -0.46 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Türkiye

Türkiye 0.6%
World computed 8.88%
Europe & Central Asia computed 2.72%
Western Asia computed 6.88%
Share of children out of school — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.6 +0.34 pp
2022 0.26 +0.04 pp
2021 0.22 −0.01 pp
2020 0.23 +0.02 pp
2019 0.2 −0.01 pp
2018 0.21 −0.5 pp
2017 0.71 −1.1 pp
2016 1.81 +0.47 pp
2015 1.34 +1.06 pp
2014 0.28 +0.27 pp
2013 0.01
1997 11.72
1995 12.71 +1.27 pp
1994 11.44 +1.22 pp
1993 10.22 +2.4 pp
1992 7.82 −0.33 pp
1991 8.15 +0.48 pp
1990 7.68 −1.79 pp
1989 9.47 +0.13 pp
1988 9.33 −1.34 pp
1987 10.67 +0.58 pp
1986 10.08 −0.49 pp
1985 10.58
1974 23

About the indicator

The share of children of primary school age not attending school. Unlike the absolute count, the indicator speaks to the state of the education system in a country, and it shows that the task does not reduce to poverty: at comparable income the shares differ severalfold, and the highest values come from countries where schooling is obstructed by conflict or by a nomadic way of life.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14: total population is the wrong weight here — the share of children differs fourfold across countries.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.