Education · Iran, Islamic Rep.
Yearly data from 2005 to 2023, from the World Bank.
Iran, Islamic Rep.'s educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative) was 0.44% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 0.06 percentage points from 0.38% in 2013.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 0.44% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 0.45% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.38% | 2013 |
| Highest | 2% | 2005 |
| Lowest | 0.26% | 2012 |
| Average since 2014 | 0.42% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 2% | 2005 |
Over five years it is down 0.00795 percentage points from 0.45% in 2018. Since 2005 it is down 1.56 percentage points from 2% in 2005. The World Bank has no value for 6 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
In 2023, Iran, Islamic Rep.'s educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative) rose 0.01 percentage points on 2022 (from 0.43% to 0.44%).
Across the 8 yearly changes before that (2006 to 2022), the average change was −0.04 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.12 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.12 percentage points in 2013 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.26 percentage points in 2007. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2014 to 2023 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 19% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2023, Iran, Islamic Rep. had the 21st highest value of the 24 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
The percentage of population ages 25 and over that attained or completed Doctoral or equivalent.
Limitations: Caution is required when using this indicator for cross-country comparison, since the countries do not always classify degrees and qualifications at the same International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) levels, even if they are received at roughly the same age or after a similar number of years of schooling. Also, certain educational programmes and study courses cannot be easily classified according to ISCED. This indicator only measures educational attainment in terms of level of education attained, i.e. years of schooling, and does not necessarily reveal the quality of the education (learning achievement and other impacts).
| Year | Educational attainment, Doctoral or equivalent, population 25+, male (%) (cumulative) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.4404 |
| 2022 | 0.4314 |
| 2021 | 0.3933 |
| 2020 | 0.4213 |
| 2019 | 0.4385 |
| 2018 | 0.4484 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | 0.4322 |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | 0.3688 |
| 2013 | 0.384 |
| 2012 | 0.2604 |
| 2011 | no data |
| 2010 | no data |
| 2009 | no data |
| 2008 | no data |
| 2007 | 1.55 |
| 2006 | 1.81 |
| 2005 | 2 |
Every indicator for Iran, Islamic Rep. is on the Iran, Islamic Rep. data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SE.TER.CUAT.DO.MA.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources, note: The data are obtained through the UIS API. Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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