Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Slovakia
Slovakia: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male was 0.7% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Slovakia, 2011–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Slovakia stood at 0.7%.
That represents a change of down 18.3% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Slovakia peaked at 1.2% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 2016.
Slovakia ranks 37th of 64 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral male in Slovakia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1.2% | — |
| 2014 | 0.7% | -42.7% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | -2.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -25.9% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +26.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +43.9% |
| 2019 | 0.9% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -21.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | +24.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | -18.3% |
Slovakia compared with similar countries
- Slovakia's 0.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.1%, 63% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Slovakia's 0.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9%, 76% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 1.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Slovakia
More education data for Slovakia
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.03 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 98.94 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 37,693 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 5,484 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 93,834 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 88,069 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 473,316 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 244,806 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Slovakia?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Slovakia was 0.7% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Slovakia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.2% in 2011.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Slovakia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 2016.
- How does Slovakia rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Slovakia ranks 37th out of 64 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Slovakia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Slovakia 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