Adult literacy in Türkiye

Adult literacy in Türkiye: 61.6% in 1975 and 97.3% in 2021, by UNESCO estimates.

Latest, 2021: 97.3%
Since 1975: +35.6 percentage points
World, 2021: 87.2%

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% of adults · UNESCO

Estimates, UNESCOWorld

Every year

% of adults · UNESCO

Year	Türkiye	World
2024	–	87.7
2023	–	87.6
2022	–	87.4
2021	97.3	87.2
2020	–	87
2019	96.7	86.8
2018	–	86.8
2017	96.2	86.5
2016	95.9	86.3
2015	95.6	86
2014	95.4	85.6
2013	95.3	85.2
2012	94.9	84.9
2011	94.1	84.7
2010	92.7	84.4
2009	90.8	83.8
2008	–	83.5
2007	88.7	83.1
2006	88.1	82.5
2005	88.2	82.6
2004	87.4	82.6
2003	–	82.2
2002	–	81.7
2001	–	81.4
2000	–	81.1
1999	–	80.9
1998	–	80.5
1997	–	79.3
1996	–	77.3
1995	–	76.9
1994	–	76.4
1993	–	76
1992	–	75.5
1991	–	75.1
1990	79.2	74.6
1989	–	74.1
1988	–	73.6
1987	–	71.9
1986	–	71.3
1985	76	70.7
1984	–	70.2
1983	–	69.5
1982	–	68.9
1981	–	68.4
1980	65.7	67.8
1979	–	67.2
1978	–	66.5
1977	–	65.9
1976	–	65.6
1975	61.6	65.4

Good to know

The share of people aged 15 and over who can read and write a short, simple statement about their everyday life.
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via the World Bank.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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