Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Belgium
Belgium: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.796 LPIA in 2019. β² Rising
Latest (2019)
0.796 LPIA
Change on year
up 11.5%
World rank
4th
of 35 countries
All-time high
0.796 LPIA
in 2019
All-time low
0.5269 LPIA
in 2014
Years of data
6
2013β2019
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Belgium, 2013β2019
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Belgium is 0.796 LPIA, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
The figure is up 11.5% on the previous year and up 27.1% over ten years.
Belgium ranks 4th of 35 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 1 Latvia 1.38 LPIA compare
- 2 Lithuania 1.08 LPIA compare
- 3 Serbia, Republic of 0.8669 LPIA compare
- 5 United Kingdom 0.7676 LPIA compare
- 6 Cyprus 0.7475 LPIA compare
- 7 Philippines 0.5666 LPIA
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 0.796 LPIA 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 0.796 LPIA in 2019.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5269 LPIA in 2014.
- How does Belgium rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Belgium ranks 4th 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 27.1%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release