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education2023

Doctoral educational attainment

Compare doctoral educational attainment across 58 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2023 official-source dataset.

Source: World Development Indicators•58 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.8% of population ages 25+
Median: 0.7% of population ages 25+
Countries Covered
58
with available data
Highest
Switzerland
3.2% of population ages 25+
Lowest
Bangladesh
0.0% of population ages 25+
Top 5 Countries
1Switzerland3.2% of population ages 25+
2Luxembourg2.8% of population ages 25+
3Turkey2.7% of population ages 25+
4Slovenia2.4% of population ages 25+
5United States2.2% of population ages 25+
By Region
Key Findings
  • •Coverage: 58 ISO-mapped countries or territories in 2023.
  • •Published range: 0.0444303 to 3.2468 % of population ages 25+.
  • •Discovery motivation: The worldwide X mirror surfaced PISA and GitHub Trending featured skills repositories, motivating comparison of advanced educational attainment.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0% of population ages 25+)High (3.2% of population ages 25+)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.8% of population ages 25+)

About This Statistic

The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Doctoral or equivalent.

MapTheory retains one fixed reference year and unit. Only finite values mapped to ISO 3166-1 numeric codes are included; aggregates, missing values and non-ISO geographies are excluded. No value is estimated, imputed or carried across years.

Methodology

The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Doctoral or equivalent.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Switzerland3.2% of population ages 25+
2Luxembourg2.8% of population ages 25+
3Türkiye2.7% of population ages 25+
4Slovenia2.4% of population ages 25+
5United States of America2.2% of population ages 25+
6Germany1.9% of population ages 25+
7Australia1.7% of population ages 25+
8Finland1.6% of population ages 25+
9Israel1.6% of population ages 25+
10Ireland1.5% of population ages 25+
11Norway1.5% of population ages 25+
12Brunei Darussalam1.3% of population ages 25+
13Iceland1.3% of population ages 25+
14Denmark1.3% of population ages 25+
15Netherlands1.1% of population ages 25+
16France1.1% of population ages 25+
17United Arab Emirates1.0% of population ages 25+
18Belgium1.0% of population ages 25+
19Armenia0.9% of population ages 25+
20Jordan0.9% of population ages 25+
21Cyprus0.9% of population ages 25+
22South Korea0.9% of population ages 25+
23Saudi Arabia0.9% of population ages 25+
24Croatia0.8% of population ages 25+
25Spain0.8% of population ages 25+
26Slovakia0.8% of population ages 25+
27Czech Republic0.7% of population ages 25+
28Greece0.7% of population ages 25+
29Estonia0.7% of population ages 25+
30Latvia0.7% of population ages 25+
31Portugal0.6% of population ages 25+
32Lithuania0.6% of population ages 25+
33Bahrain0.6% of population ages 25+
34Nigeria0.6% of population ages 25+
35Georgia0.5% of population ages 25+
36Hungary0.5% of population ages 25+
37Serbia0.5% of population ages 25+
38Italy0.5% of population ages 25+
39Azerbaijan0.4% of population ages 25+
40Islamic Republic of Iran0.3% of population ages 25+
41Albania0.3% of population ages 25+
42Bulgaria0.3% of population ages 25+
43Mauritius0.3% of population ages 25+
44Panama0.3% of population ages 25+
45Mongolia0.2% of population ages 25+
46Chile0.2% of population ages 25+
47Bosnia and Herzegovina0.2% of population ages 25+
48Moldova, Republic of0.2% of population ages 25+
49Colombia0.1% of population ages 25+
50Romania0.1% of population ages 25+
51Namibia0.1% of population ages 25+
52Zimbabwe0.1% of population ages 25+
53India0.1% of population ages 25+
54Vietnam0.1% of population ages 25+
55Rwanda0.1% of population ages 25+
56Bolivia0.1% of population ages 25+
57Indonesia0.0% of population ages 25+
58Bangladesh0.0% of population ages 25+
Showing 58 of 58 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from World Development Indicators (2023).

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