Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United States of America
United States of America: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 2.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in United States of America, 2005–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America is 2.1%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and up 57.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America peaked at 2.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2007.
United States of America ranks 4th of 49 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 5 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.1% | 5 |
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More education data for United States of America
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 1.78 million (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.5% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 17.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 96.97 (2022)
- School enrollment, primary 97.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America?
- Educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in United States of America was 2.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2007.
- How does United States of America rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- United States of America ranks 4th out of 49 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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