Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Israel
Israel: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 1.9% in 2023. βΌ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Israel, 2012β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Israel recorded 1.9% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2023.
That represents a change of up 62.2% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Israel peaked at 2.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1.2%, in 2022.
That places Israel 9th out of 64 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.9% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Israel
More education data for Israel
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 92,770 (2024)
- 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 60.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 27.2% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 97.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0093 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Israel?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Israel was 1.9% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 2.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2% in 2022.
- How does Israel rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Israel ranks 9th out of 64 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Israel 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, male (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release