Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Israel
Israel: Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total was 1.6% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Israel, 2012–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in cumulative.
Analysis
Israel recorded 1.6% for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in 2023.
That represents a change of up 56.5% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Israel peaked at 1.6% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2022.
Israel ranks 10th of 66 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.3% | 1.0% | 1.6% | 4 |
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More education data for Israel
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 92,770 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 60.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 27.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 97.44 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 97.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Israel?
- Educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Israel was 1.6% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2022.
- How does Israel rank for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total?
- Israel ranks 10th out of 66 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total (%) (cumulative). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Doctoral or equivalent.