Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania
Romania: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or was 0.9617 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania is 0.9617 GPIA, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania peaked at 0.9617 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9067 GPIA, in 2006.
Romania ranks 30th of 36 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 0.9067 GPIA | — |
| 2007 | 0.9105 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9166 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9221 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9178 GPIA | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.9248 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.9313 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9337 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.936 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.9356 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9391 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9434 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9461 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9505 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.9531 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.957 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9611 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9617 GPIA | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.914 GPIA | 0.9067 GPIA | 0.9221 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.9358 GPIA | 0.9178 GPIA | 0.9505 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9582 GPIA | 0.9531 GPIA | 0.9617 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 0.9617 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 0.9617 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9067 GPIA in 2006.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Romania ranks 30th out of 36 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 3.0%. 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, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release