Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania
Romania: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.7739 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania, 2002β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania stood at 0.7739 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania peaked at 0.7739 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.5404 GPIA, in 2002.
Romania ranks 77th of 107 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.6341 GPIA | 0.5404 GPIA | 0.7279 GPIA | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.7261 GPIA | 0.6793 GPIA | 0.7617 GPIA | 9 |
| 2020s | 0.7577 GPIA | 0.7466 GPIA | 0.7739 GPIA | 4 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 74 Croatia 0.8229 GPIA compare
- 75 Serbia, Republic of 0.8118 GPIA compare
- 76 Indonesia 0.8045 GPIA compare
- 78 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.7653 GPIA compare
- 79 Korea 0.7647 GPIA compare
- 80 Bangladesh 0.7558 GPIA compare
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)
- School enrollment, primary 84.9% (2023)
- Primary education, teachers, per capita 0.0025 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania was 0.7739 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7739 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5404 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Romania ranks 77th out of 107 countries with data for 2023.
- Is educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.9%. 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 upper secondary 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