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Türkiye: Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes

1.77Mcount · 2021-63.4% since 2009

Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator ILLPOP.AG15T99. Annual figures for Türkiye from 2004 to 2021.

20042021

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
20211,769,139
20192,047,251
20172,344,849
20162,481,145
20152,589,221
20142,637,884
20132,692,108
20122,834,268NAT_EST
20113,228,815
20103,933,998
20094,830,243
20075,785,016
20065,957,573
20055,810,198
20046,117,082

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Adult illiterate population, 15+ years, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-illpop-ag15t99 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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