Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Finland
Finland: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.3% in 2019. β² Rising
Latest (2019)
0.3%
Change on year
up 9.2%
World rank
15th
of 35 countries
All-time high
0.3%
in 2019
All-time low
0.2%
in 2012
Years of data
6
2012β2019
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Finland, 2012β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Finland recorded 0.3% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 9.2% on the previous year and up 42.5% over ten years.
That places Finland 15th out of 35 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Countries ranked near Finland
More education data for Finland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 30,824 (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 61.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.3% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 13 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 98.9% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0055 units per person (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 0.2% in 2012.
- How does Finland rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Finland ranks 15th out of 35 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 42.5%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release