Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Pakistan
Pakistan: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.0% in 2018. βΌ Falling
Latest (2018)
0.0%
Change on year
down 83.5%
World rank
37th
of 39 countries
All-time high
0.1%
in 2014
All-time low
0.0%
in 2018
Years of data
5
2012β2018
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Pakistan, 2012β2018
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2018, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Pakistan stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 83.5% on the previous year and down 80.3% over ten years.
That places Pakistan 37th out of 39 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 34 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.1%
- 35 Republic of Moldova 0.0% compare
- 36 Bangladesh 0.0% compare
- 38 Malta 0.0% compare
- 38 Paraguay 0.0% 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 0.0% 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 0.1% in 2014.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2018.
- How does Pakistan rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Pakistan ranks 37th out of 39 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 down 80.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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, rural, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release