Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender in Moldova
Moldova: Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender was 0.9917 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Moldova, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Moldova recorded 0.9917 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Moldova peaked at 0.9917 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8784 GPIA, in 2001.
Moldova ranks 31st of 94 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower … lower rural gender in Moldova, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.8794 GPIA | — |
| 2001 | 0.8784 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8895 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.8945 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.9052 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9109 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 0.9145 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.9278 GPIA | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 0.9324 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.9425 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9428 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.9423 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9519 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 0.957 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.9694 GPIA | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9727 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 0.9761 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9721 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9794 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.9704 GPIA | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.9767 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.9818 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.9893 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.99 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 0.9917 GPIA | +0.2% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 0.9917 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9787 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 0.9917 GPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9904 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9075 GPIA | 0.8784 GPIA | 0.9425 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9634 GPIA | 0.9423 GPIA | 0.9794 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9859 GPIA | 0.9767 GPIA | 0.9917 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near Moldova
More education data for Moldova
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 99.54 (2024)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 19,388 (2024)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 0 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 59,198 (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 54,914 (2024)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 228,038 (2024)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 136,696 (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate -0.387 % change on previous year (2024)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Moldova?
- Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Moldova was 0.9917 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9917 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8784 GPIA in 2001.
- How does Moldova rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Moldova ranks 31st out of 94 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Moldova 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, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release