Educational attainment rate, completed … Doctoral urban gender in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed … Doctoral urban gender was 0.6271 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland, 2014–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland stood at 0.6271 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.4% on the previous year and up 37.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland peaked at 0.6271 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.4557 GPIA, in 2014.
That places Switzerland 28th out of 49 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … Doctoral urban gender in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 0.4557 GPIA | — |
| 2015 | 0.4678 GPIA | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.4663 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 0.4903 GPIA | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5415 GPIA | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 0.5673 GPIA | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 0.5631 GPIA | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.6021 GPIA | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 0.5649 GPIA | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 0.5783 GPIA | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 0.6271 GPIA | +8.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 0.6271 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.6779 GPIA, 93% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 0.6271 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.7226 GPIA, 87% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.4982 GPIA | 0.4557 GPIA | 0.5673 GPIA | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.5871 GPIA | 0.5631 GPIA | 0.6271 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More education data for Switzerland
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 99.87 (2024)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.86 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 68,266 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 5,583 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 94,990 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 89,549 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 636,381 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 556,945 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 1.34 % change on previous year (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 0.6271 GPIA 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 0.6271 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4557 GPIA in 2014.
- How does Switzerland rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Switzerland ranks 28th 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 37.6%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release