Education in Romania

145 indicators covering education for Romania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Persistence to grade 5, total 96.1% 2022 55th
Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 129 2024 down 35.2% 109th
Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 143 2024 down 40.7% 111th
Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 356 2024 down 23.1% 101st
Number of deaths ages 20-24 years 501 2024 down 32.2% 99th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 86.8% 2017 down 13.7% 170th
Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 86.9% 2017 down 14.1% 171st
Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.2% 2100 down 32.0% 130th
Number of adults with no formal education by region 19,400 people 2100 down 35.5% 103rd
Population by level of education 5.38 million people 2100 up 1.6% 83rd
Repeaters, primary, female 1.1% 2017 up 5.9% 112th
Repeaters, primary, male 1.5% 2017 down 0.2% 112th
School enrollment, secondary, private 2.1% 2023 up 59.9% 157th
School enrollment, primary 82.2% 2017 down 12.2% 153rd
Over-age students, primary 3.4% 2017 down 25.3% 120th
Secondary education, teachers 73.6% 2023 up 6.5% 25th
School enrollment, primary, female 82.0% 2017 down 12.3% 131st
School enrollment, primary, male 82.4% 2017 down 12.1% 132nd
Over-age students, primary, male 3.8% 2017 down 26.0% 117th
Over-age students, primary, female 3.0% 2017 down 24.3% 119th
Compulsory education, duration 10 years 2025 unchanged 81st
Progression to secondary school 99.5% 2016 down 0.0% 32nd
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 85.7% 2017 down 11.1% 147th
Primary education, pupils 48.3% 2017 down 0.4% 133rd
Tertiary education, academic staff 52.3% 2023 up 8.0% 36th
Persistence to grade 5, female 96.0% 2022 60th
Persistence to grade 5, male 96.2% 2022 49th
School enrollment, secondary 82.8% 2017 74th
Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th
Progression to secondary school, male 100.0% 2016 up 0.1% 1st
School enrollment, secondary, female 83.3% 2017 74th
School enrollment, secondary, male 82.4% 2017 68th
Progression to secondary school, female 99.1% 2016 down 0.1% 49th
Expenditure on tertiary education 23.8% 2016 up 13.5% 51st
Children out of school, primary 160,246 2023 up 202.2% 44th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, female 85.8% 2017 down 11.0% 128th
Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary, male 85.6% 2017 down 11.1% 128th
Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 19.33 2017 up 16.9% 98th
Expenditure on secondary education 39.1% 2016 up 100.2% 39th
Expenditure on primary education 12.5% 2016 down 66.4% 149th
Secondary education, pupils 48.7% 2017 down 0.1% 121st
Children out of school, primary, female 78,616 2023 up 192.5% 47th
Children out of school, primary, male 81,630 2023 up 212.1% 49th
Adolescents out of school 16.3% 2023 up 131.6% 48th
Current education expenditure, total 93.2% 2022 up 1.2% 55th
Current education expenditure, primary 95.7% 2022 down 0.4% 51st
Current education expenditure, secondary 95.5% 2022 up 1.2% 51st
Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 12.08 2017 down 4.9% 122nd
Pupil-teacher ratio, preprimary 15.19 2017 down 14.4% 108th
Current education expenditure, tertiary 91.4% 2022 up 2.5% 55th
Adolescents out of school, female 16.4% 2023 up 124.3% 44th
Adolescents out of school, male 16.1% 2023 up 139.1% 53rd
Net intake rate in grade 1 74.1% 2017 up 2.8% 51st
Pupil-teacher ratio, tertiary 19.97 2017 down 34.2% 56th
Net intake rate in grade 1, female 75.0% 2017 up 5.9% 48th
Net intake rate in grade 1, male 73.2% 2017 down 0.0% 54th
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 72.8% 2023 up 9.5% 51st
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 68.3% 2023 up 12.2% 56th
Educational attainment, at least completed upper secondary, population 77.7% 2023 up 7.1% 45th
Pupil-teacher ratio, lower secondary 11.17 2017 up 4.2% 90th