Education in Romania

3,341 indicators covering education for Romania.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Completion rate, lower secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 93.2% 2025 up 0.1% 70th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, female (modelled data) 93.3% 2025 up 0.3% 74th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity 1 modelled data 2025 up 0.4% 119th
Completion rate, lower secondary education, male (modelled data) 93.1% 2025 down 0.0% 64th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, both sexes (modelled data) 81.9% 2025 up 3.7% 57th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, female (modelled data) 81.2% 2025 up 3.4% 67th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, adjusted gender parity 0.9838 modelled data 2025 down 0.6% 130th
Completion rate, upper secondary education, male (modelled data) 82.6% 2025 up 4.0% 48th
Teachers in secondary education, male 33,062 2023 down 17.8% 66th
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) 5.6% 2025 down 5.0% 98th
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) 6.3% 2025 down 16.4% 64th
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) 6.0% 2025 down 12.0% 76th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, female 63.0% 2023 up 9.6% 77th
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, male 47.8% 2023 up 4.5% 71st
Gross enrolment ratio for tertiary education, adjusted gender parity 1.24 GPIA 2023 up 3.1% 89th
Primary education, teachers 93.2% 2023 up 5.8% 19th
Teachers in pre-primary education, both sexes 34,720 number 2018 down 7.0% 38th
Teachers in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.38 % change on previous year 2018 up 193.7% 85th
Repeaters, primary, total 1.3% 2017 up 2.2% 116th
School life expectancy, tertiary, female 3.01 years 2023 up 8.5% 83rd
School life expectancy, tertiary, male 2.29 years 2023 up 4.3% 77th
School life expectancy, tertiary, adjusted gender parity index 1.24 GPIA 2023 up 2.5% 92nd
Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, both sexes 12.5% 2018 up 429.7% 39th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, both sexes 13.82 years 2023 down 5.9% 93rd
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 81.0% 2023 down 15.0% 152nd
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, both sexes 26,266 number 2018 down 17.8% 52nd
Persistence to grade 5, total 96.1% 2022 — 55th
Survival rate to the last grade of primary education, both sexes 96.1% 2022 up 2.1% 62nd
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 children who are not in pre-primary school 19.2% 2023 up 83.3% 75th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, female 2.54 years 2023 down 6.8% 54th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, male 2.54 years 2023 down 6.0% 56th
School life expectancy, pre-primary, adjusted gender parity index 1 GPIA 2023 down 0.9% 109th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 99.7% 2023 up 0.0% 37th
Teachers in pre-primary education, male 104 2023 down 5.5% 100th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 37,060 2023 up 6.0% 36th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2018 down 0.5% 49th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 13,950 2023 up 4.5% 50th
Percentage of teachers in tertiary education who are female 52.3% 2023 up 8.0% 37th
Teachers in tertiary education programmes, male 12,699 2023 down 10.6% 58th
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
Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.25 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 2.0% 29th
Repeaters, primary, female 1.1% 2017 up 5.9% 112th
Repeaters, primary, male 1.5% 2017 down 0.2% 112th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, female 14.38 years 2023 down 4.6% 88th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, male 13.29 years 2023 down 7.2% 97th
School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, adjusted gender parity 1.08 GPIA 2023 up 2.4% 59th
Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 99.7% 2018 down 0.0% 38th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, male 80.9% 2023 down 15.5% 144th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, female 81.0% 2023 down 14.5% 149th
Gross intake ratio to the last grade of primary education, adjusted 1 GPIA 2023 up 1.2% 109th
Teachers in pre-primary education, female 34,605 number 2018 down 7.1% 33rd
School enrollment, secondary, private 2.1% 2023 up 59.9% 157th