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, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Romania recorded 0.9617 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in 2023. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.7% 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, 0.8295 GPIA, in 1992.
That places Romania 74th out of 131 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or in Romania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.8295 GPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.8788 GPIA | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9066 GPIA | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.9093 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0.9161 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9211 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9232 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.9292 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.9349 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.9366 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9336 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 0.9334 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.9368 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 0.9412 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.9461 GPIA | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.9479 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.9505 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.954 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.9581 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.9617 GPIA | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8295 GPIA | 0.8295 GPIA | 0.8295 GPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.9064 GPIA | 0.8788 GPIA | 0.9211 GPIA | 5 |
| 2010s | 0.9363 GPIA | 0.9232 GPIA | 0.9479 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9561 GPIA | 0.9505 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 0.8295 GPIA in 1992.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed lower secondary education or?
- Romania ranks 74th out of 131 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 2.7%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release