Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral gender in United States
United States: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral gender was 0.7531 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.7531 GPIA
Change on year
down 2.6%
World rank
23rd
of 59 countries
All-time high
0.788 GPIA
in 2022
All-time low
0.3299 GPIA
in 1995
Years of data
31
1994–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United States, 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States stood at 0.7531 GPIA.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 37.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States peaked at 0.788 GPIA in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.3299 GPIA, in 1995.
United States ranks 23rd of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral gender in United States, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.3414 GPIA | — |
| 1995 | 0.3299 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 0.3527 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 0.3683 GPIA | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 0.3671 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3698 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 0.3914 GPIA | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 0.3729 GPIA | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 0.3925 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.4379 GPIA | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 0.4418 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 0.4474 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.4623 GPIA | +3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4623 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5062 GPIA | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 0.541 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5226 GPIA | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 0.559 GPIA | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 0.5522 GPIA | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.5381 GPIA | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 0.546 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 0.66 GPIA | +20.9% |
| 2016 | 0.6567 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6669 GPIA | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 0.6695 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7026 GPIA | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 0.7213 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 0.7303 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 0.788 GPIA | +7.9% |
| 2023 | 0.7732 GPIA | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 0.7531 GPIA | -2.6% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 0.7531 GPIA is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.6922 GPIA, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.3549 GPIA | 0.3299 GPIA | 0.3698 GPIA | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.4456 GPIA | 0.3729 GPIA | 0.541 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6074 GPIA | 0.5226 GPIA | 0.7026 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7532 GPIA | 0.7213 GPIA | 0.788 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States
More education data for United States
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 96.21 (2022)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 96.02 (2022)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.74 million (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 419,732 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 4.34 million (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 4.14 million (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 25.35 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 23.83 million (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States was 0.7531 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 0.788 GPIA in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3299 GPIA in 1995.
- How does United States rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- United States ranks 23rd out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in United States?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release