UIS · Education
United States: Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes
2.50percent · 2024+31.2% since 2014
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator EA.8.AG25T99.URB. Annual figures for United States from 2005 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (percent) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.496 | |
| 2023 | 2.405 | |
| 2022 | 2.283 | |
| 2021 | 2.283 | |
| 2020 | 2.223 | |
| 2019 | 2.183 | |
| 2018 | 2.159 | |
| 2017 | 2.04 | |
| 2016 | 1.994 | |
| 2015 | 1.846 | |
| 2014 | 1.902 | |
| 2013 | 1.806 | |
| 2012 | 1.696 | |
| 2011 | 1.65 | |
| 2010 | 1.528 | |
| 2009 | 1.417 | |
| 2008 | 1.395 | |
| 2007 | 1.4 | |
| 2006 | 1.469 | |
| 2005 | 1.407 |
Source
Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →
Cite or download
UIS (2026). Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-ea-8-ag25t99-urb (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
Educational attainment rate, completed Doctoral or equivalent education, population 25+ years, urban, both sexes in other countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bhutan
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Kiribati
- Korea, Republic of
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Latvia
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uruguay
- Vanuatu
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
Rank United States against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.