Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Romania
Romania: Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender was 0.9951 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Romania, 2002–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
Romania recorded 0.9951 GPIA for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in 2023. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Romania peaked at 0.9951 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.9295 GPIA, in 2002.
Romania ranks 47th of 100 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed primary … primary rural gender in Romania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.9295 GPIA | — |
| 2010 | 0.9801 GPIA | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 0.982 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.9819 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.9837 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 0.9834 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.9844 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9866 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.987 GPIA | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.991 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 0.9908 GPIA | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.9901 GPIA | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 0.9922 GPIA | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9934 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.9951 GPIA | +0.2% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.9951 GPIA is below the median for high income countries, which is 1 GPIA, 100% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.9951 GPIA is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1 GPIA, 100% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.9295 GPIA | 0.9295 GPIA | 0.9295 GPIA | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.9851 GPIA | 0.9801 GPIA | 0.991 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9927 GPIA | 0.9901 GPIA | 0.9951 GPIA | 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 primary education or higher in Romania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher in Romania was 0.9951 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9951 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9295 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher?
- Romania ranks 47th out of 100 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed primary education or higher rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. 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 primary education or higher, population 25+ years, rural, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release