Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.3% in 2019. β² Rising
Latest (2019)
0.3%
Change on year
up 4.5%
World rank
22nd
of 39 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2019
All-time low
0.3%
in 2012
Years of data
6
2012β2019
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Finland, 2012β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2019, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Finland stood at 0.3%. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 26.2% over ten years.
Finland ranks 22nd of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0055 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Finland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Finland was 0.3% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2012.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Finland ranks 22nd out of 39 countries with data for 2019.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release