Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania
Romania: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8797 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania, 2006–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania stood at 0.8797 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania peaked at 0.8797 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7987 GPIA, in 2006.
Romania ranks 33rd of 40 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.8083 GPIA | 0.7987 GPIA | 0.8196 GPIA | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.8424 GPIA | 0.8058 GPIA | 0.8734 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8737 GPIA | 0.868 GPIA | 0.8797 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 upper secondary education or in Romania?
- Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania was 0.8797 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 0.8797 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7987 GPIA in 2006.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Romania ranks 33rd out of 40 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 6.3%. 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, non-immigrant background, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release