Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Moldova
Moldova: Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender was 0.9931 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.9931 GPIA
Change on year
up 0.0%
World rank
50th
of 132 countries
All-time high
0.9931 GPIA
in 2024
All-time low
0.8669 GPIA
in 1989
Years of data
26
1989–2024
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Moldova, 1989–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Moldova stood at 0.9931 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Moldova peaked at 0.9931 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8669 GPIA, in 1989.
Moldova ranks 50th of 132 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary … lower gender in Moldova, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 0.8669 GPIA | — |
| 2000 | 0.9132 GPIA | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 0.9136 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.9206 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 0.9253 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9364 GPIA | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 0.9402 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.9395 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.9529 GPIA | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 0.9548 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9617 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.9626 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.961 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9692 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 0.9726 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 0.9784 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.9808 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.9831 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.981 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.9845 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9811 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.9836 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.9885 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.993 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.9926 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9931 GPIA | +0.0% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 0.9931 GPIA is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.9818 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 0.9931 GPIA is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.9903 GPIA, 1.0× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.8669 GPIA | 0.8669 GPIA | 0.8669 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9358 GPIA | 0.9132 GPIA | 0.9617 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9754 GPIA | 0.961 GPIA | 0.9845 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9902 GPIA | 0.9836 GPIA | 0.9931 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 0.9931 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 0.9931 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8669 GPIA in 1989.
- How does Moldova rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Moldova ranks 50th out of 132 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 1.5%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release