Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Moldova
Moldova: Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female was 40.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Moldova, 2000–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Moldova stood at 40.1%. That is the highest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Moldova peaked at 40.1% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11.2%, in 2000.
Moldova ranks 29th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Moldova, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11.2% | — |
| 2001 | 11.7% | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 33.7% | +187.1% |
| 2008 | 34.2% | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 35.2% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 35.4% | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 36.5% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 36.6% | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 37.3% | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 37.6% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 38.1% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 38.5% | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 38.5% | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 38.4% | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 38.3% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 40.1% | +4.8% |
Moldova compared with similar countries
- Moldova's 40.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20.7%, 1.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Moldova's 40.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 37.3%, 1.1× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Educational attainment rate, completed … short-cycle tertiary female in Moldova 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +187.1% | 11.7% | 33.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.2% | 11.2% | 35.2% | 5 |
| 2010s | 37.2% | 35.4% | 38.5% | 7 |
| 2020s | 38.8% | 38.3% | 40.1% | 4 |
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 short-cycle tertiary education in Moldova?
- Educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education in Moldova was 40.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Moldova?
- The highest recorded value was 40.1% in 2024.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education recorded in Moldova?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.2% in 2000.
- How does Moldova rank for educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education?
- Moldova ranks 29th out of 128 countries with data for 2024.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed short-cycle tertiary education rising or falling in Moldova?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. 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 short-cycle tertiary education or higher, population 25+ years, female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release