Population with tertiary education — all countries

Population with tertiary education — Türkiye

Population with tertiary education in Türkiye in 2023 — 21.86%. Ranked 41 in the world out of 89. Since 2021, the indicator has risen by 1.37 pp.

2023 21.86% +0.92 pp vs 2022
World rank 41of 89
Period maximum 21.86%2023
Period minimum 20.5%2021

Trend over time

2021–2023 · % of population aged 25+

Population with tertiary education — Türkiye, 2021–20232020.52121.5222021202220232021: 20.5%2022: 20.94%2023: 21.86%
Change over the period: +1.37 pp Annual average: 0.68 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Türkiye 21.86%
Europe & Central Asia computed 25.3%
Population with tertiary education — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 21.86 +0.92 pp
2022 20.94 +0.44 pp
2021 20.5

About the indicator

The share of the population aged 25 and older that has completed education at the bachelor's level or above. It differs fundamentally from tertiary enrollment: enrollment counts current students, while this indicator is the accumulated result of past decades, so it changes slowly and reflects not the policy of today but the state of the system twenty or thirty years ago.

Important: An accumulated stock, not the current flow: a country whose tertiary enrollment has grown quickly will keep catching up on this indicator for another generation.

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