Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban both in Moldova
Moldova: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban both was 0.5% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Moldova, 2011–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 0.5% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 22.7% on the previous year and up 207.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Moldova peaked at 0.5% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2011.
Moldova ranks 36th of 55 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban both in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 0.1% | — |
| 2012 | 0.1% | +55.4% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -12.8% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +39.7% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +134.5% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +26.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -45.5% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +27.7% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -17.9% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -12.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +47.3% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | +22.7% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 0.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4%, 1.3× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 0.5% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.1%, 48% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 5 |
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 0.5% 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 0.5% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2011.
- How does Moldova rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Moldova ranks 36th out of 55 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 207.6%. 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, urban, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release