Higher education graduates make up 23.9 pct of population

The rate of associate degree, bachelor's degree, master's degree and doctorate aged 25 and over in Türkiye's total population was 23.9 percent in 2022, the data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) have shown.

According to the TÜİK's data regarding the national education figures released on May 26, the ratio of the number of people who graduated from the undergraduate and higher education level was 9.8 percent in 2008, marking an essential rise in trend.

The institute also calculated the rate of those graduating from primary school and over in the mentioned age group at 92.5 percent last year.

This figure was determined as 81.1 percent in 2008.

While elaborating on mean years of schooling for the population aged 25 and over, this ratio was 9.2 percent years in 2022, with a rise of 26 percent compared to the 2011 figures.

When it was evaluated gender-based, the data revealed that the mean years of schooling for women were 8.5 years, and for men, it was 10 years.

The gender parity index, which represented the ratio of female to male values of mean years of schooling, increased from 0.78 in 2011 to 0.84 in 2022, showing an increase each year.

In 2022, the province with the highest mean years of schooling for the same age group was the capital Ankara, with 10.6 years.

The capital was followed by Istanbul, the Central Anatolian province of Eskişehir and the northwestern province of Kocaeli, respectively.

On the other hand, the city with the lowest average years of schooling was the eastern province of Ağrı last year, with 7.2 years.

The southern province of Şanlıurfa and the eastern provinces of Van and Muş followed Ağrı.

The southeastern province of Şırnak was the city that showed...