Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral female in Moldova
Moldova: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral female was 0.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Moldova, 2012–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 0.2% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 105.4% on the previous year and up 213.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Moldova peaked at 0.2% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2013.
Moldova ranks 47th of 59 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral female in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 0.1% | — |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -32.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | +38.9% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | +181.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 0.2% | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -22.5% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +105.4% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 0.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 91% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 0.2% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8%, 29% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More education data for Moldova
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.54 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19,388 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 59,198 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,914 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 228,038 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 136,696 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.387 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Moldova?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Moldova was 0.2% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2013.
- How does Moldova rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Moldova ranks 47th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 213.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova 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 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release