Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral both in Lithuania
Lithuania: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral … Doctoral both was 0.6% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania, 2013–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 0.6% for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in 2023.
That represents a change of down 13.8% on the previous year and up 40.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent in Lithuania peaked at 0.9% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2013.
That places Lithuania 38th out of 67 countries with data for 2023, 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 … Doctoral both in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.4% | — |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +29.9% |
| 2016 | 0.6% | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +42.2% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -25.6% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +14.2% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | -13.8% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 0.6% is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9%, 70% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 0.6% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8%, 74% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More education data for Lithuania
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.87 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 27,048 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 337 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 15,487 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 14,458 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 244,656 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 120,897 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.4914 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (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 0.6% 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 0.9% in 2020.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2013.
- How does Lithuania rank for educational attainment rate, completed doctoral or equivalent?
- Lithuania ranks 38th out of 67 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 40.9%. 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, both sexes (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release