Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Portugal
Portugal: Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total was 0.8% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Portugal, 2014–2024
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in cumulative.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Portugal stood at 0.8%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 19.1% on the previous year and up 68.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Portugal peaked at 0.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2014.
That places Portugal 28th out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Portugal, year by year
| Year | cumulative | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.5% | — |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | +4.0% |
| 2019 | 0.7% | +22.2% |
| 2020 | 0.8% | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -20.4% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +21.5% |
| 2024 | 0.8% | +19.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 5 |
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More education data for Portugal
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 52,131 (2023)
- 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 62.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 12.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 110.99 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 111.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Portugal?
- Educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Portugal was 0.8% in 2024, 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2014.
- How does Portugal rank for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total?
- Portugal ranks 28th out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.