Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Romania
Romania: Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from was 0.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Romania, 2008–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Romania stood at 0.4%.
The figure is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Romania peaked at 0.4% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2009.
Romania ranks 43rd of 114 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Romania, year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.3% | — |
| 2009 | 0.2% | -24.7% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +26.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.4% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +4.5% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 7 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More education data for Romania
- 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)
- Secondary education, duration (years), annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 873,154 (2023)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7448 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Romania?
- Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from in Romania was 0.4% in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2009.
- How does Romania rank for percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from?
- Romania ranks 43rd out of 114 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. 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 Percentage of graduates from tertiary education graduating from Information and Communication Technologies programmes, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
February 2026 Data Release