Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 1.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United States of America, 2005–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America is 1.5%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 15.7% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America peaked at 1.6% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 1.1%, in 2009.
United States of America ranks 5th of 39 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United States of America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1.3% | — |
| 2006 | 1.1% | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 1.1% | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 1.1% | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 1.3% | +17.3% |
| 2011 | 1.2% | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 1.3% | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 1.3% | +12.3% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 1.4% | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 1.6% | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 1.6% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 1.3% | -17.9% |
| 2023 | 1.3% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 1.5% | +15.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 5 |
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More education data for United States of America
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.78 million (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.97 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 97.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America was 1.5% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1.6% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.1% in 2009.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- United States of America ranks 5th out of 39 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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