Primary completion rate, female in Romania
Romania: Primary completion rate, female was 81.0% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Primary completion rate, female in Romania, 2001–2023
Source: Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Measured in % of relevant age group.
Analysis
In 2023, primary completion rate, female in Romania stood at 81.0%. That is the lowest value across all 19 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, primary completion rate, female in Romania peaked at 104.6% in 2001 and was at its lowest, 81.0%, in 2023.
Romania ranks 145th of 189 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Primary completion rate, female in Romania, year by year
| Year | % of relevant age group | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 104.6% | — |
| 2002 | 101.2% | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 95.7% | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 92.6% | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 92.0% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 92.4% | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 89.8% | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 95.9% | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 97.2% | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 98.1% | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 94.7% | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 92.7% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 89.6% | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 87.9% | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 87.5% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 86.8% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 88.5% | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 82.7% | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 81.0% | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 95.5% | 89.8% | 104.6% | 8 |
| 2010s | 92.5% | 87.5% | 98.1% | 7 |
| 2020s | 84.7% | 81.0% | 88.5% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 142 Nicaragua 82.9% compare
- 143 Micronesia (country) 82.6% compare
- 144 Papua New Guinea 81.2% compare
- 146 Cote d'Ivoire 80.8% compare
- 147 Suriname 80.3% compare
- 148 Zambia 79.8% compare
More education data for Romania
- Theoretical duration of upper secondary education (years), annual 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Theoretical duration of secondary education (years), annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), gaps filled 2,022 tertiary education (2023)
- Start of the academic school year (tertiary education), annual growth 0.0495 % change on previous year (2023)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is primary completion rate, female in Romania?
- Primary completion rate, female in Romania was 81.0% in 2023, according to Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- What is the highest primary completion rate, female recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 104.6% in 2001.
- What is the lowest primary completion rate, female recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.0% in 2023.
- How does Romania rank for primary completion rate, female?
- Romania ranks 145th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is primary completion rate, female rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Data API, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), published as part of Primary completion rate, female (% of relevant age group). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Primary completion rate, or gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, is the number of new entrants (enrollments minus repeaters) in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of primary education. Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of primary education.