Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral rural male in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral rural male was 0.3% in 2019. ▲ 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
2012–2019
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Finland, 2012–2019
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.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral rural male in Finland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.3% | — |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +4.5% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 0.3% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.6%, 54% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Finland's 0.3% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5%, 59% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.25 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.23 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 42,938 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 1,144 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 94,036 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 89,318 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 543,350 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 360,117 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -1.29 % change on previous year (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