Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.8473 LPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Belgium, 2013β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Belgium stood at 0.8473 LPIA.
The figure is up 28.2% on the previous year and up 43.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Belgium peaked at 0.9587 LPIA in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.5402 LPIA, in 2015.
That places Belgium 4th out of 40 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.7052 LPIA | 0.5402 LPIA | 0.8454 LPIA | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.7568 LPIA | 0.5602 LPIA | 0.9587 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 1 Latvia 1.35 LPIA compare
- 2 Jordan 0.9489 LPIA compare
- 3 United Kingdom 0.864 LPIA compare
- 5 Serbia, Republic of 0.783 LPIA compare
- 6 Australia 0.5795 LPIA compare
- 7 United States 0.5335 LPIA compare
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0069 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Belgium was 0.8473 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9587 LPIA in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5402 LPIA in 2015.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Belgium ranks 4th out of 40 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release