Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral female in Portugal
Portugal: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral female was 0.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Portugal, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 0.7% 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 25.6% on the previous year and up 64.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Portugal peaked at 0.7% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2015.
Portugal ranks 27th of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral female in Portugal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.4% | — |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +23.0% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +25.6% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 0.7% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.8%, 87% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 0.7% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8%, 87% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More education data for Portugal
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 98.73 (2019)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.49 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 82,664 (2018)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 11,380 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 136,282 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 128,743 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 741,752 (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 598,661 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Portugal?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Portugal was 0.7% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2015.
- How does Portugal rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Portugal ranks 27th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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