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.