Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.4% in 2019. β² Rising
Latest (2019)
0.4%
Change on year
up 6.8%
World rank
13th
of 35 countries
All-time high
0.4%
in 2019
All-time low
0.2%
in 2014
Years of data
6
2013β2019
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Belgium, 2013β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Belgium is 0.4%, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 49.2% over ten years.
Belgium ranks 13th of 35 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Belgium
More education data for Belgium
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 80,763 (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 63.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.7% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 102.1% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0069 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Belgium?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Belgium was 0.4% in 2019, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2014.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Belgium ranks 13th out of 35 countries with data for 2019.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release