Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania
Romania: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9483 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
Romania recorded 0.9483 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania peaked at 0.9483 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6988 LPIA, in 1992.
Romania ranks 36th of 95 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.6988 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.8051 LPIA | +15.2% |
| 2009 | 0.8868 LPIA | +10.1% |
| 2010 | 0.8877 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.8945 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.8913 LPIA | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.8994 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9037 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.9125 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9194 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9227 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9294 LPIA | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 0.9271 LPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9276 LPIA | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9353 LPIA | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 0.9402 LPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9483 LPIA | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6988 LPIA | 0.6988 LPIA | 0.6988 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.846 LPIA | 0.8051 LPIA | 0.8868 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.9088 LPIA | 0.8877 LPIA | 0.9294 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9378 LPIA | 0.9276 LPIA | 0.9483 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 0.9483 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 0.9483 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6988 LPIA in 1992.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Romania ranks 36th 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 5.4%. 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, male, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release