Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland
Switzerland: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent was 0.6271 GPIA in 2024. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Switzerland, 2014β2024
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.
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
- 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 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