Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Romania
Romania: Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA was 0.8997 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
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania stood at 0.8997 LPIA. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania peaked at 0.8997 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5501 LPIA, in 1992.
That places Romania 40th 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 17 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … female lower location LPIA in Romania, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.5501 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.6813 LPIA | +23.8% |
| 2009 | 0.8146 LPIA | +19.6% |
| 2010 | 0.8108 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.8178 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 0.8076 LPIA | -1.3% |
| 2013 | 0.8161 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8235 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 0.8313 LPIA | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 0.8468 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 0.8541 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 0.8618 LPIA | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 0.8579 LPIA | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.867 LPIA | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 0.8788 LPIA | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.8826 LPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.8997 LPIA | +1.9% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.8997 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9786 LPIA, 92% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.8997 LPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9839 LPIA, 91% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5501 LPIA | 0.5501 LPIA | 0.5501 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.7479 LPIA | 0.6813 LPIA | 0.8146 LPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.8328 LPIA | 0.8076 LPIA | 0.8618 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8821 LPIA | 0.867 LPIA | 0.8997 LPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More education data for Romania
- Gender gap education levels, gaps filled 84.26 (2023)
- Primary enrollment selected countries, gaps filled 84.41 (2023)
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 125,405 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 14,415 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 267,679 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 254,147 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.43 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 873,154 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.7448 % change on previous year (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 0.8997 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 0.8997 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5501 LPIA in 1992.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Romania ranks 40th 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 10.2%. 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, female, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release