Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total was 3.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland stood at 3.3%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Switzerland peaked at 3.3% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.9%, in 2020.
That places Switzerland 1st out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | cumulative | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3.0% | — |
| 2015 | 2.9% | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 2.9% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2.9% | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 2.9% | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 3.0% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 2.9% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 3.0% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 3.1% | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 3.3% | +1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 3.1% | 2.9% | 3.3% | 5 |
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More education data for Switzerland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 101.21 (2024)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Switzerland?
- Educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total in Switzerland was 3.3% 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.3% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9% in 2020.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total?
- Switzerland ranks 1st out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment, doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, total rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.