Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 1.2% 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
United States of America recorded 1.2% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 12.1% on the previous year and up 59.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America peaked at 1.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2005.
That places United States of America 4th out of 35 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 0.4% | — |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +19.5% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +17.1% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | -17.8% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +16.4% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | +41.5% |
| 2018 | 1.1% | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | -21.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 1.1% | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 1.2% | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 1.1% | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | +12.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 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 1.2% 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 1.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2005.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- United States of America ranks 4th out of 35 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 59.9%. 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release