Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Romania
Romania: Government spending on education as a share of GDP was 3.3% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Government spending on education as a share of GDP in Romania, 1996–2022
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Romania recorded 3.3% for government spending on education as a share of gdp in 2022.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, government spending on education as a share of gdp in Romania peaked at 4.3% in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2012.
Romania ranks 136th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.2% | 3.2% | 3.2% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.7% | 2.9% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.4% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 133 Japan 3.3% compare
- 134 El Salvador 3.3% compare
- 135 North Macedonia 3.3% compare
- 137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.2% compare
- 138 Qatar 3.2% compare
- 139 Trinidad and Tobago 3.2% compare
More education data for Romania
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 64.3% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 15.6% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 11 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 84.9% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers 47,769 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.71 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 84.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is government spending on education as a share of gdp in Romania?
- Government spending on education as a share of gdp in Romania was 3.3% in 2022, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 4.3% in 2006.
- What is the lowest government spending on education as a share of gdp recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2012.
- How does Romania rank for government spending on education as a share of gdp?
- Romania ranks 136th out of 199 countries with data for 2022.
- Is government spending on education as a share of gdp rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Government spending on education as a share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total annual general government spending on all levels of education, expressed as a percentage of GDP.