Turkey Literacy Rate 1975-2024
Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement about their everyday life.
- Turkey literacy rate for 2019 was 96.74%, a 0.59% increase from 2017.
- Turkey literacy rate for 2017 was 96.15%, a 0.02% decline from 2016.
- Turkey literacy rate for 2016 was 96.17%, a 0.57% increase from 2015.
- Turkey literacy rate for 2015 was 95.60%, a 0.16% increase from 2014.
| Turkey Literacy Rate - Historical Data |
| Year |
Literacy Rate |
Annual Change |
| 2019 |
96.74% |
0.59% |
| 2017 |
96.15% |
-0.02% |
| 2016 |
96.17% |
0.57% |
| 2015 |
95.60% |
0.16% |
| 2014 |
95.44% |
0.18% |
| 2013 |
95.26% |
0.34% |
| 2012 |
94.92% |
0.81% |
| 2011 |
94.11% |
1.45% |
| 2010 |
92.66% |
1.84% |
| 2009 |
90.82% |
2.16% |
| 2007 |
88.66% |
0.54% |
| 2006 |
88.12% |
-0.11% |
| 2005 |
88.23% |
0.86% |
| 2004 |
87.37% |
8.13% |
| 1990 |
79.23% |
3.26% |
| 1985 |
75.97% |
10.27% |
| 1980 |
65.69% |
4.07% |
| 1975 |
61.63% |
4.07% |
