Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania
Lithuania: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.8% in 2020. β Volatile
Latest (2020)
0.8%
Change on year
up 299.9%
World rank
12th
of 39 countries
All-time high
0.8%
in 2020
All-time low
0.1%
in 2013
Years of data
6
2013β2020
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania, 2013β2020
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 0.8% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2020. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 299.9% on the previous year and up 898.2% over ten years.
Lithuania ranks 12th of 39 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More education data for Lithuania
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,888 (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 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0031 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania was 0.8% in 2020, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2013.
- How does Lithuania rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Lithuania ranks 12th out of 39 countries with data for 2020.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 898.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lithuania 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