Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania
Romania: Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or was 0.8796 GPIA in 2023. β² Rising
Educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania, 1998β2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania stood at 0.8796 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or in Romania peaked at 0.8796 GPIA in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.7412 GPIA, in 2002.
That places Romania 99th out of 137 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7749 GPIA | 0.7743 GPIA | 0.7756 GPIA | 2 |
| 2000s | 0.7879 GPIA | 0.7412 GPIA | 0.8182 GPIA | 9 |
| 2010s | 0.8459 GPIA | 0.8181 GPIA | 0.8704 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8716 GPIA | 0.8652 GPIA | 0.8796 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)
- 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 0.8796 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 0.8796 GPIA in 2023.
- What is the lowest educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7412 GPIA in 2002.
- How does Romania rank for educational attainment rate, completed upper secondary education or?
- Romania ranks 99th out of 137 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 4.8%. 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, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release