Romania's adult literacy rose from 96.7 % in 1992 to 99.2 % in 2021.
Romania's school enrolment, primary (% gross) fell from 105.8 % in 2001 to 84.9 % in 2023.
Romania · Education
Literacy, enrolment, attainment and spending.
16 indicators · 16 with data
Romania's literacy rate, youth total (ages 15–24) rose from 99.1 % in 1992 to 99.9 % in 2021.
Romania's school enrolment, secondary (% gross) fell from 83.5 % in 2001 to 81.6 % in 2023.
Romania's tertiary enrolment rose from 28.1 % in 2001 to 55.2 % in 2023.
Romania's children out of school, primary rose from 6,540 in 2001 to 160,246 in 2023.
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- Primary completion ratedown −1.9 pts111th of 137
- Tertiary attainmentup +0.2 pts42nd of 45
- Tertiary educational attainment (ages 25–34)down −0.2 pts43rd of 45
- At least upper secondary attainment (ages 25–64)up +0.0 pts30th of 40
- Expected years of schoolingunchanged +0.0 yrs85th of 195
- Mean years of schooling (ages 25+)up +0.2 yrs43rd of 145
- Learning povertydown −1.9 pts31st of 47*
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- Education spendingdown −0.0 pts111th of 164*
- Government expenditure on education (% of government expenditure)down −0.2 pts135th of 156*
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- Pupil-teacher ratio, primaryup +0.0 %73rd of 135