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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.

20052024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20242.496
20232.405
20222.283
20212.283
20202.223
20192.183
20182.159
20172.04
20161.994
20151.846
20141.902
20131.806
20121.696
20111.65
20101.528
20091.417
20081.395
20071.4
20061.469
20051.407

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Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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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.

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