Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania
Lithuania: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 1.0% in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania, 2013β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania stood at 1.0%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 71.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania peaked at 1.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2013.
Lithuania ranks 17th of 49 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More education data for Lithuania
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 8,888 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.8% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.5% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 7 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 100.5% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0031 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania was 1.0% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2013.
- How does Lithuania rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Lithuania ranks 17th out of 49 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania 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, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release