Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 2.8% in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland, 2014β2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 2.8% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland peaked at 2.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2.1%, in 2017.
That places Switzerland 3rd out of 49 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 6 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.8% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 1 Slovenia 3.2% compare
- 2 Luxembourg 2.9% compare
- 4 United States of America 2.1% compare
- 5 Sweden 1.9% compare
- 6 Norway 1.9% compare
More education data for Switzerland
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 58,349 (2024)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 2 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 4 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.7% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 14.9% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 101.2% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0065 units per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland was 2.8% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1% in 2017.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Switzerland ranks 3rd out of 49 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland 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