Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Pakistan
Pakistan: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.4686 LPIA in 2018. β Volatile
Latest (2018)
0.4686 LPIA
Change on year
up 802.0%
World rank
11th
of 40 countries
All-time high
0.4686 LPIA
in 2018
All-time low
0.0415 LPIA
in 2012
Years of data
5
2012β2018
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Pakistan, 2012β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 0.4686 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2018. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 802.0% on the previous year and up 1,028.1% over ten years.
Pakistan ranks 11th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 8 Luxembourg 0.5198 LPIA compare
- 9 Philippines 0.4871 LPIA
- 10 Italy 0.4789 LPIA compare
- 12 Chile 0.4562 LPIA compare
- 13 Switzerland 0.4549 LPIA compare
- 14 Cyprus 0.4456 LPIA compare
More education data for Pakistan
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 445,877 (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 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 59.4% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 36.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 10 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 5 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 83.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0018 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Pakistan?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Pakistan was 0.4686 LPIA in 2018, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4686 LPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0415 LPIA in 2012.
- How does Pakistan rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Pakistan ranks 11th out of 40 countries with data for 2018.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,028.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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