Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban both in Philippines
Philippines: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban both was 0.2% in 2022. ▲ Rising
Latest (2022)
0.2%
Change on year
up 10.4%
World rank
48th
of 55 countries
All-time high
0.2%
in 2022
All-time low
0.1%
in 2017
Years of data
5
2017–2022
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Philippines, 2017–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 0.2% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2022. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of up 10.4% on the previous year and up 193.2% over ten years.
Philippines ranks 48th of 55 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral urban both in Philippines, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.1% | — |
| 2019 | 0.2% | +96.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | +49.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +10.4% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 0.2% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.4%, 57% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 0.2% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.4%, 62% of the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 2 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More education data for Philippines
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 87.25 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 88.36 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 495,843 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 201,568 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 1.06 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 983,812 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 11.87 million (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 13.06 million (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.8345 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Philippines?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Philippines was 0.2% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2017.
- How does Philippines rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Philippines ranks 48th out of 55 countries with data for 2022.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 193.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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