Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.5566 LPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United States of America, 2005–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America stood at 0.5566 LPIA.
That represents a change of up 9.5% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America peaked at 0.6324 LPIA in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.4096 LPIA, in 2015.
United States of America ranks 8th of 35 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 | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 0.4688 LPIA | — |
| 2006 | 0.4819 LPIA | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.5614 LPIA | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5115 LPIA | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 0.499 LPIA | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 0.5045 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4391 LPIA | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5175 LPIA | +17.8% |
| 2013 | 0.5882 LPIA | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 0.5483 LPIA | -6.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4096 LPIA | -25.3% |
| 2016 | 0.4437 LPIA | +8.3% |
| 2017 | 0.6148 LPIA | +38.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6324 LPIA | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4621 LPIA | -26.9% |
| 2020 | 0.4554 LPIA | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 0.5403 LPIA | +18.7% |
| 2022 | 0.5782 LPIA | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5083 LPIA | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 0.5566 LPIA | +9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.5045 LPIA | 0.4688 LPIA | 0.5614 LPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.516 LPIA | 0.4096 LPIA | 0.6324 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5278 LPIA | 0.4554 LPIA | 0.5782 LPIA | 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 0.5566 LPIA 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 0.6324 LPIA in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4096 LPIA in 2015.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- United States of America ranks 8th 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 1.5%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release