Education in Romania 145 indicators covering education for Romania. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd Population ages 15-64 64.3% 2025 down 4.2% 110th Population ages 0-14 15.6% 2025 down 0.6% 172nd Lower secondary school starting age 11 years 2025 unchanged 144th School enrollment, primary 84.9% 2023 down 11.7% 185th Primary education, teachers 47,769 2023 down 5.6% 84th School enrollment, primary, female 84.5% 2023 down 11.5% 183rd School enrollment, primary, male 85.4% 2023 down 11.9% 184th Labor force, total 8.24 million 2025 down 3.7% 65th Labor force, female 42.4% 2025 down 1.9% 122nd School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9906 GPI 2020 up 0.7% 104th School enrollment, secondary 81.6% 2023 down 14.7% 134th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.5 per 1,000 2024 down 19.4% 146th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.6 per 1,000 2024 down 27.3% 156th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.7 per 1,000 2024 down 41.7% 149th Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 down 33.3% 147th Secondary education, teachers 125,405 2023 down 3.7% 46th School enrollment, secondary, female 81.9% 2023 down 13.6% 138th School enrollment, secondary, male 81.4% 2023 down 15.7% 129th School enrollment, tertiary 55.2% 2023 up 7.4% 72nd School enrollment, primary, private 2.2% 2023 up 481.5% 173rd School enrollment, preprimary 94.9% 2020 up 18.2% 38th School enrollment, tertiary, female 63.0% 2023 up 9.6% 77th School enrollment, tertiary, male 47.8% 2023 up 4.5% 71st School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 1.4% 103rd School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.24 GPI 2023 up 3.1% 87th Secondary education, teachers, female 92,343 2023 up 2.6% 38th Primary completion rate, female 81.0% 2023 down 14.5% 145th Primary completion rate, male 80.9% 2023 down 15.5% 140th Government expenditure on education, total 3.3% 2022 up 16.1% 134th Secondary education, general pupils 1.09 million 2017 down 15.2% 60th Lower secondary completion rate, total 78.0% 2023 down 9.4% 122nd School enrollment, preprimary, female 95.0% 2020 up 18.0% 35th School enrollment, preprimary, male 94.9% 2020 up 18.4% 36th Persistence to last grade of primary, total 96.1% 2022 up 2.1% 61st Government expenditure on education, total 8.8% 2022 up 4.0% 164th Secondary education, general pupils 50.9% 2017 down 1.0% 60th Lower secondary completion rate, female 78.2% 2023 down 9.1% 128th Lower secondary completion rate, male 77.8% 2023 down 9.7% 113th Children out of school 15.6% 2023 up 146.5% 37th Secondary education, duration 8 years 2025 unchanged 3rd Primary education, duration 5 years 2025 unchanged 154th Primary education, pupils 873,154 2023 up 8.2% 89th Secondary education, pupils 1.43 million 2023 down 14.6% 58th Persistence to last grade of primary, female 96.0% 2022 up 1.8% 62nd Persistence to last grade of primary, male 96.2% 2022 up 2.5% 54th Secondary education, vocational pupils 413,229 2017 down 38.2% 29th Number of under-five deaths, male 743 2024 down 33.3% 103rd Number of under-five deaths, female 597 2024 down 29.9% 102nd Number of infant deaths, male 609 2024 down 34.4% 103rd Number of infant deaths, female 484 2024 down 31.2% 103rd Children out of school, female 15.7% 2023 up 138.6% 36th Children out of school, male 15.5% 2023 up 154.6% 39th Secondary education, vocational pupils 42.7% 2017 down 1.7% 82nd Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, total 86.9% 2017 down 13.9% 172nd Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.0% 2025 down 12.0% 75th Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.6% 2025 down 5.0% 97th Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.3% 2025 down 16.4% 64th Primary education, teachers 93.2% 2023 up 5.8% 19th Repeaters, primary, total 1.3% 2017 up 2.2% 116th Page 1 of 3 Next →