Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania
Romania: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9247 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania is 0.9247 LPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania peaked at 0.9247 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6257 LPIA, in 1992.
That places Romania 39th out of 95 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.6257 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.7444 LPIA | +19.0% |
| 2007 | 0.8046 LPIA | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 0.8138 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8193 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.8261 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.8375 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 0.8469 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8555 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 0.8554 LPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8728 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8842 LPIA | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 0.8894 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.8965 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.8934 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.8985 LPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9082 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.9124 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9247 LPIA | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6257 LPIA | 0.6257 LPIA | 0.6257 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7955 LPIA | 0.7444 LPIA | 0.8193 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8658 LPIA | 0.8261 LPIA | 0.8965 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9109 LPIA | 0.8985 LPIA | 0.9247 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More education data for Romania
- Primary education, teachers, gaps filled 47,769 (2023)
- Duration of pre primary education, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Duration of pre primary education 3 (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre primary education 3 (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)
- Primary secondary enrollment completion rates, gaps filled 84.95 (2023)
- School enrollment, primary 84.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania was 0.9247 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9247 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6257 LPIA in 1992.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Romania ranks 39th out of 95 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release