Over-age students, primary, female in Romania
Romania: Over-age students, primary, female was 3.0% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Over-age students, primary, female in Romania, 1998–2017
Source: Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of female enrollment.
Analysis
In 2017, over-age students, primary, female in Romania stood at 3.0%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and down 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, over-age students, primary, female in Romania peaked at 5.3% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 2015.
Romania ranks 119th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Over-age students, primary, female in Romania, year by year
| Year | % of female enrollment | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3.9% | — |
| 1999 | 4.3% | +10.6% |
| 2000 | 4.6% | +6.9% |
| 2001 | 5.3% | +16.5% |
| 2002 | 4.8% | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 4.5% | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 4.1% | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 4.0% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 4.3% | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 4.0% | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 3.4% | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 3.2% | -7.4% |
| 2010 | 3.3% | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 3.3% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 3.2% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 3.0% | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.3% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.2% | 3.2% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.0% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More education data for Romania
- Teachers in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 125,405 (2023)
- Repeaters in primary education, all grades, both sexes (number), gaps 14,415 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, male (number), gaps filled 267,679 (2023)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, female (number), gaps filled 254,147 (2023)
- Secondary education, pupils, gaps filled 1.43 million (2023)
- Primary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Primary education, pupils, gaps filled 873,154 (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, annual growth rate 0.7448 % change on previous year (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Primary education, pupils, per capita 0.0458 units per person (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is over-age students, primary, female in Romania?
- Over-age students, primary, female in Romania was 3.0% in 2017, according to Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2001.
- What is the lowest over-age students, primary, female recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 2015.
- How does Romania rank for over-age students, primary, female?
- Romania ranks 119th out of 191 countries with data for 2017.
- Is over-age students, primary, female rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Over-age students, primary, female (% of female enrollment). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 18 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Over-age students are the percentage of those enrolled who are older than the official school-age range for primary education.