Official entrance age to compulsory education in Romania
Romania: Official entrance age to compulsory education was 7 years in 2025. ▬ Flat
Official entrance age to compulsory education in Romania, 1999–2025
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
Romania recorded 7 years for official entrance age to compulsory education in 2025. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, official entrance age to compulsory education in Romania peaked at 7 years in 1999 and was at its lowest, 7 years, in 1999.
Romania ranks 1st of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 1 |
| 2000s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 years | 7 years | 7 years | 6 |
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More education data for Romania
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (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 47,769 (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.71 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 84.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is official entrance age to compulsory education in Romania?
- Official entrance age to compulsory education in Romania was 7 years in 2025, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 7 years in 1999.
- What is the lowest official entrance age to compulsory education recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 years in 1999.
- How does Romania rank for official entrance age to compulsory education?
- Romania ranks 1st out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is official entrance age to compulsory education rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Official entrance age to compulsory education. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The official age for entering compulsory education is based on students starting at the earliest entrance age, studying full-time, and advancing without grade repetition or skipping.