Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania
Romania: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9288 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania stood at 0.9288 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania peaked at 0.9288 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7105 GPIA, in 1992.
That places Romania 53rd out of 94 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7105 GPIA | 0.7105 GPIA | 0.7105 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.8382 GPIA | 0.7907 GPIA | 0.8858 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8869 GPIA | 0.8736 GPIA | 0.9029 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9194 GPIA | 0.9108 GPIA | 0.9288 GPIA | 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 0.9288 GPIA 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 0.9288 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7105 GPIA in 1992.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Romania ranks 53rd out of 94 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 6.0%. 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, 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