Educational … location LPIA adjusted post-secondary non-tertiary in Romania
Romania: Educational … location LPIA adjusted post-secondary non-tertiary was 0.2544 LPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Romania, 1992–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in LPIA.
Analysis
Romania recorded 0.2544 LPIA for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in 2023. That is the highest value across all 19 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.8% on the previous year and up 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Romania peaked at 0.2544 LPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.1151 LPIA, in 1992.
That places Romania 64th out of 72 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 19 years of available data.
Educational … location LPIA adjusted post-secondary non-tertiary in Romania, year by year
| Year | LPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 0.1151 LPIA | — |
| 2002 | 0.1624 LPIA | +41.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1656 LPIA | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1593 LPIA | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 0.1505 LPIA | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 0.1541 LPIA | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.1675 LPIA | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1768 LPIA | +5.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1766 LPIA | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.1696 LPIA | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2125 LPIA | +25.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2178 LPIA | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.1988 LPIA | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 0.2133 LPIA | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 0.2191 LPIA | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.2176 LPIA | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 0.2275 LPIA | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 0.2318 LPIA | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.2544 LPIA | +9.8% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.2544 LPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.6985 LPIA, 36% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.2544 LPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6516 LPIA, 39% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational … location LPIA adjusted post-secondary non-tertiary in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +41.1% | 0.1151 LPIA | 0.1624 LPIA |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1151 LPIA | 0.1151 LPIA | 0.1151 LPIA | 1 |
| 2000s | 0.1595 LPIA | 0.1505 LPIA | 0.1656 LPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.1906 LPIA | 0.1541 LPIA | 0.2191 LPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2328 LPIA | 0.2176 LPIA | 0.2544 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 post-secondary non-tertiary in Romania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary in Romania was 0.2544 LPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2544 LPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1151 LPIA in 1992.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary?
- Romania ranks 64th out of 72 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed post-secondary non-tertiary rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.1%. 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 post-secondary non-tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, adjusted location parity index (LPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release